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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2006
Steven P. Young, Boulder, CO (US);
Ramakrishna K. Tanikella, Thornton, CO (US);
Manoj Chirania, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Venu M. Kondapalli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven P. Young, Boulder, CO (US);
Ramakrishna K. Tanikella, Thornton, CO (US);
Manoj Chirania, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Venu M. Kondapalli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Interconnect driver circuits that can be used in the interconnect structures of dynamic integrated circuits (ICs) such as dynamic programmable logic devices (PLDs). An exemplary IC includes two or more logic circuits, and two or more self-resetting interconnect driver circuits coupled between the logic circuits. Each self-resetting interconnect driver circuit includes a multiplexer circuit driving a buffer circuit. In a first state, the buffer circuit drives a first value onto the output terminal of the buffer circuit. In a second state, the buffer circuit first drives a second value onto the output terminal of the buffer circuit and then returns to the first state. Several different circuits are described in detail.