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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2008
Applicants:

Jason R. Bergendahl, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ping-chen Liu, Fremont, CA (US);

Paul T. Sasaki, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Suresh M. Menon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Atul V. Ghia, San Jose, CA (US);

Steven P. Young, Boulder, CO (US);

Trevor J. Bauer, Boulder, CO (US);

Inventors:

Jason R. Bergendahl, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ping-Chen Liu, Fremont, CA (US);

Paul T. Sasaki, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Suresh M. Menon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Atul V. Ghia, San Jose, CA (US);

Steven P. Young, Boulder, CO (US);

Trevor J. Bauer, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:

Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H03K 19/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Signal distribution of a regional signal is described. An integrated circuit includes a global signal distribution network, a regional signal distribution network and a regional buffer. The regional buffer has an output coupled at an end of the regional signal distribution network. The regional signal distribution network is coupled to a configurable logic block via an interconnect tile. The regional buffer is coupled to a regional clock capable input/output block. Additionally described is a source synchronous interface for regional signal distribution.


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