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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
OM P. Agrawal, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jock Tomlinson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kuang Chi, San Jose, CA (US);
Ji Zhao, San Jose, CA (US);
Ju Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Jinghui Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Om P. Agrawal, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jock Tomlinson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Kuang Chi, San Jose, CA (US);
Ji Zhao, San Jose, CA (US);
Ju Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Jinghui Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, a programmable integrated circuit includes a plurality of SERDES circuits; a plurality of input/output (I/O) circuits; and a routing structure configurable to provide one or more of the following connections over routing paths having deterministic routing delays: coupling a SERDES circuit to another SERDES circuit; coupling a SERDES circuit to an I/O circuit; coupling an I/O circuit to a SERDES circuit; and coupling an I/O circuit to another I/O circuit.