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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Rahul Saini, Union City, CA (US);
Andy Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Ninh Ngo, San Jose, CA (US);
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides a programmable logic device ('PLD') including one or more dedicated blocks of circuitry within one or more repairable logic array regions. Aspects of the present invention provide circuitry and methods for controlling shifting of programming data in normal and redundant modes for both dedicated block regions and fully repairable logic array regions during both regular and test programming sequences of a PLD. Other aspects provide circuitry and methods for interface routing between dedicated blocks and repairable logic array regions in both normal and redundant modes. Various other aspects are also disclosed.