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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2003
Carl Anthony Monzel, Iii, Lakeville, MN (US);
Michael Dillon, Richfield, MN (US);
Bret Alan Oeltjen, Elko, MN (US);
Carl Anthony Monzel, III, Lakeville, MN (US);
Michael Dillon, Richfield, MN (US);
Bret Alan Oeltjen, Elko, MN (US);
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A pre-diffused high density array of core memory cells is provided in a metal programmable device. The peripheral logic is made up of gate array cells in the metal programmable device. The peripheral logic may be configured to access the core memory cells as various memory types, widths, depths, and other configurations. If the entire memory is not needed, then the unused memory cells can be used as logic gates. The application-specific circuit, including peripheral logic, memory interface logic, and memory configuration is programmed with a metal layer.