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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:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lyle Smith, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Eric Dellinger, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric West, San Jose, CA (US);
Shridhar Mukund, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lightspeed Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 ; H03K 1/9177 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 ; H03K 1/9177 ;
Abstract
Described herein is an ASIC having an array of predesigned function blocks. The function blocks can be used to implement combinational logic, sequential logic, or a combination of both. The function blocks also have a selectable output drive strength. The output drive strength can be selected, in some embodiments, using mask programming.