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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Vijay K. Seshadri, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth S. Mcelvain, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vijay K. Seshadri, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth S. McElvain, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Synplicity, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C007/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A resetable memory is described that includes a memory without reset capability having a data output coupled to a first input of a first multiplexer. A second input of the first multiplexer has a reset value input. A channel select for the first multiplexer is coupled to a resetable storage cell output that indicates whether a storage cell within the memory without reset capability has been written to after a reset or has not been written to after a reset.