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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:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Greg J. Landry, Merrimack, NH (US);
Timothy M. Lacey, Bedford, NH (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/34 ; H03M 7/38 ; H04N 7/12 ; H04N 1/102 ; H04N 1/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/34 ; H03M 7/38 ; H04N 7/12 ; H04N 1/102 ; H04N 1/104 ;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method for programming a programmable logic device (PLD) may include reading configuration data from a memory device to program a first portion of a PLD to function as a data decompression circuit ( ). Compressed configuration data may then be read and decompressed by the first portion and used to program a second portion ( ) with a user determined function. A first portion may then be reprogrammed with a user determined function ( ).