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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Satwant Singh, Fremont, CA (US);
Fabiano Fontana, San Jose, CA (US);
David Chang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Satwant Singh, Fremont, CA (US);
Fabiano Fontana, San Jose, CA (US);
David Chang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) such as a programmable logic device includes a plurality of IC input terminals and an input buffer having a buffer input terminal and a buffer output terminal. A multiplexer is adapted to selectively couple an IC input terminal to the buffer input terminal or to couple the buffer output terminal to the buffer input terminal.