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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Applicants:
F. Erich Goetting, Cupertino, CA (US);
John Mcgrath, County Dublin, IE;
Anthony J. Collins, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
F. Erich Goetting, Cupertino, CA (US);
John McGrath, County Dublin, IE;
Anthony J. Collins, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H03K 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and apparatus for a dynamically reconfigurable system monitor () are described. A system monitor () has registers () accessible via a reconfiguration port (). At least one of the registers may be dynamically reconfigured via the reconfiguration port () to select a channel to be monitored or to store an alarm value to be used in monitoring by the system monitor (). Additionally, the system monitor () may be embedded in a columnar block architecture.