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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2004
Applicants:

Deshanand Singh, Toronto, CA;

Gabriel Quan, Toronto, CA;

Terry Borer, Toronto, CA;

Valavan Manohararajah, Scarborough, CA;

Paul Mchardy, Toronto, CA;

Ivan Hamer, Toronto, CA;

Karl Schabas, Toronto, CA;

Kevin Chan, Scarborough, CA;

Inventors:

Deshanand Singh, Toronto, CA;

Gabriel Quan, Toronto, CA;

Terry Borer, Toronto, CA;

Valavan Manohararajah, Scarborough, CA;

Paul McHardy, Toronto, CA;

Ivan Hamer, Toronto, CA;

Karl Schabas, Toronto, CA;

Kevin Chan, Scarborough, CA;

Assignee:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H03K 17/693 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for designing a system on a target device utilizing field programmable gate arrays is disclosed. A design is synthesized for the system. Components in the design are mapped onto resources on the target device. Placement locations are determined for the components on the target device. Components to replicate are identified in response to criticality determined from the placement locations.


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