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Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007

Filed:

Apr. 07, 2005
Applicants:

Brandon J. Blodget, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Scott P. Mcmillan, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Philip B. James-roxby, Longmont, CO (US);

Prasanna Sundararajan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Eric R. Keller, Boulder, CO (US);

Derek R. Curd, Longmont, CO (US);

Punit S. Kalra, Superior, CO (US);

Richard J. Leblanc, Longmont, CO (US);

Vincent P. Eck, Loveland, CO (US);

Inventors:

Brandon J. Blodget, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Scott P. McMillan, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Philip B. James-Roxby, Longmont, CO (US);

Prasanna Sundararajan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Eric R. Keller, Boulder, CO (US);

Derek R. Curd, Longmont, CO (US);

Punit S. Kalra, Superior, CO (US);

Richard J. LeBlanc, Longmont, CO (US);

Vincent P. Eck, Loveland, CO (US);

Assignee:

Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of partially reconfiguring an IC having programmable modules that includes the steps of reading a frame of configuration information from the configuration memory array; modifying at least part of the configuration information, thereby creating a modified frame of configuration information; and overwriting the existing frame of configuration information in the configuration memory array with the modified frame, thereby partially reconfiguring the IC.


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