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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:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chris Couts-Martin, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan Herrmann, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/9177 ; G01R 3/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/9177 ; G01R 3/128 ;
Abstract
A configuration memory for storing information which is in-system programmable. The programming of the configuration memory may be performed using JTAG (IEEE Standard 1149.1) instructions. Furthermore, the configuration of a programmable logic device using the configuration data in the configuration memory may be initiated with a JTAG instruction. Pull-up resistors are incorporated within the configuration memory package.