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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Rajat Chauhan, Idgha, IN;
Rajesh Kaushik, Haryana, IN;
Inventors:
Rajat Chauhan, Idgha, IN;
Rajesh Kaushik, Haryana, IN;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Pvt. Ltd., , IN;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an improved FPGA apparatus for enabling the selective deployment of unused flip-flops or other circuit elements in IO cells and unused decoders or other circuit elements in Look Up Tables (LUT), for core logic functions is provided, comprising disconnecting means for selectively disconnecting unused circuit elements from the IO pad circuitry or from said LUT circuitry, and connecting means for selectively connecting said disconnected circuit elements either to the connection matrix of the core logic or between themselves to provide independently configured functions.