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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Michael T. Moore, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael T. Moore, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a programmable logic assembly () may include a nonvolatile memory () may be coupled to an associated volatile programmable logic device (PLD) (). Built-in-self-test (BIST) data () may be stored in a nonvolatile memory () that places the volatile PLD () in a self-test configuration. If a volatile PLD () passes a self-test, user data () may be stored in a nonvolatile memory () that places a volatile PLD () into a user determined configuration.