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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Brendan K. Bridgford, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Brendan K. Bridgford, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and tools for detecting and correcting problems arising in the configuration process of a programmable logic device are described. An analyzer is used to aid a user in debugging the configuration process. The analyzer can access the programmable logic device through a boundary scan architecture such as JTAG. The analyzer can step through the configuration process, capturing the data received by the programmable logic device at each step, and compare that captured data with expected data. Mismatches can indicate errors in the configuration process, and the analyzer can help a user correct such errors.