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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2002
Mario Guzman, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Lane, San Jose, CA (US);
Andy Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Ninh Ngo, San Jose, CA (US);
Mario Guzman, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher Lane, San Jose, CA (US);
Andy Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Ninh Ngo, San Jose, CA (US);
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device comprises a first plurality of configuration elements connected as a shift register for programming a subset of the programmable functions of the electronic device. The subset of programmable functions may be reprogrammed by loading configuration data into the first plurality of configuration elements such that the subset of programmable functions may be reprogrammed without necessarily reprogramming other programmable functions of the electronic device.