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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Applicant:
Lester S. Sanders, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventor:
Lester S. Sanders, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/173 (2006.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one example embodiment, a complex, programmable logic device (CPLD-type) has logic blocks and Input/Output (I/O) pads interconnected via a programmable interconnect array. A dedicated logic block is directly coupled to I/O pads, which provides external access to the dedicated logic block without traversing the programmable interconnect array. The dedicated logic block may include a clock divider module for providing a divided clock to the CPLD.