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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2006
Applicant:
Raminda Udaya Madurawe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Raminda Udaya Madurawe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Viciciv, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A programmable interconnect structure to couple a first wire segment to a second wire segment of an integrated circuit comprising: a pass-gate to electrically couple the first wire segment to the second wire segment fabricated on a substrate layer; and a configuration circuit including at least one memory element to control said pass-gate fabricated substantially above said substrate layer, wherein changing data stored in the memory element provides a programmable method to achieve one of: isolate said first wire segment from sad second wire segment; and couple said first wire segment to said second wire segment.