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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2002
Applicants:
Kim Pin Tan, Penang, MY;
Boon Jin Ang, Butterworth, MY;
Bee Yee NG, Termerloh, MY;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mask-programmable logic device includes logical building blocks that can be connected together to form various logical units for programmable logic. Functionality of a comparable conventional programmable logic device can be provided with fewer gates in this way than by providing all of the gates normally present on that comparable conventional programmable logic device, resulting in fewer unused gates in the devices once mask-programmed.