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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Hee Kong Phoon, Perak, MY;
Kar Keng Chua, Penang, MY;
Inventors:
Hee Kong Phoon, Perak, MY;
Kar Keng Chua, Penang, MY;
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01); H03K 19/173 (2006.01); H01L 25/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for programmably powering down a structured application-specific integrated circuit are provided. At least one of the programmable layers of the structured ASIC that frequently provides some programmability as between or among a small number of alternative functions is used to provide this programmability.