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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:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David G. Reed, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rick M. Iwamoto, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/710 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit including a plurality of connectors for communicating with circuitry within the integrated circuit, a plurality of input/output pads for connecting to external circuitry, a plurality of multiplexors joined to the connectors and the input/output pads, means for providing an external control signal for each multiplexor for joining the plurality of connectors for communicating with circuitry within the integrated circuit to correct input/output pads for connecting to external circuitry for operating the integrated circuit.