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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2003
Applicants:

Zheng (Jeff) Chen, Macungie, PA (US);

Fulong Zhang, Willow Grove, PA (US);

Harold Scholz, Allentown, PA (US);

Inventors:

Zheng (Jeff) Chen, Macungie, PA (US);

Fulong Zhang, Willow Grove, PA (US);

Harold Scholz, Allentown, PA (US);

Assignee:

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K019/177 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide access to memory cells within a programmable logic device. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a serial memory interface is associated with each special functional block within a programmable logic device to provide access to configuration memory cells of the special functional block.


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