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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Majid Bemanian, Pleasanton, CA (US);
William D. Scharf, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Majid Bemanian, Pleasanton, CA (US);
William D. Scharf, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F019/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) and a method of manufacturing an integrated circuit suited for a particular application. In one embodiment, the IC includes: (1) at least two interfaces, (2) a programmable gate array (PGA) coupled to the at least two interfaces for communicating data therebetween and, optionally (3) a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) coupled to and configured to cooperate with the PGA to adapt the IC to a particular surrounding environment.