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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William R Mason, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Rodney H Orgill, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Andrew J Blasciak, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711104 ; 711105 ; 711170 ; 711211 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
A programmable logic device having a configurable random access memory (RAM) integrated on a single integrated circuit chip. The configurable RAM has a user selectable logical configuration. In operation, the RAM in accordance with the present invention is addressed by a system address bus and data is provided using a system data bus. The memory array can also be addressed by a control address bus and data read out and loaded into the RAM using a control data bus.