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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:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
Applicant:
Eric E. Edwards, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventor:
Eric E. Edwards, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
XILINX, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of validating a bitstream loaded into a circuit having a programmable circuit is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method comprises steps of loading a configuration bitstream comprising an error detection command at an input of the circuit; decoding the bitstream; providing a signal indicating that an error detection should be performed to a state machine when an error detection command has been decoded; and restarting the loading of the configuration bitstream if the signal has not been received. A device having a programmable circuit is also disclosed.