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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2006
Joel Landry, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
William Plants, Campbell, CA (US);
Randall Sexton, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Joel Landry, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
William Plants, Campbell, CA (US);
Randall Sexton, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Actel Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A flash-based programmable integrated circuit includes programmable circuitry, a flash memory array coupled to the programmable circuitry for configuring it, flash programming circuitry for programming the flash memory array, and an on-chip intelligence, such as a microcontroller or state machine, coupled to the programming circuitry to program the flash memory from off-chip data supplied via an I/O pad, or to refresh the data stored in the flash memory to prevent it from degrading.
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