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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
May. 09, 2005
Donald T. Mcgrath, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Robert D. Waldron, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Scott C. Savage, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kenneth G. Richardson, Erie, CO (US);
Donald T. McGrath, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Robert D. Waldron, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Scott C. Savage, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kenneth G. Richardson, Erie, CO (US);
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus that may include a base layer of a platform application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and a mixed-signal function. The base layer of the platform application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) generally comprises a plurality of pre-diffused regions disposed around a periphery of the platform ASIC. Each of the pre-diffused regions may be configured to be metal-programmable. The mixed-signal function may include two or more sub-functions formed with a metal mask set placed over a number of the plurality of pre-diffused regions.