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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Andy L. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
David Lewis, Toronto, CA;
Philip Pan, Fremont, CA (US);
James G. Schleicher, Ii, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Andy L. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
David Lewis, Toronto, CA;
Philip Pan, Fremont, CA (US);
James G. Schleicher, II, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A programmable logic device having a Logic Element with an N-stage Look Up Table (LUT), dedicated hardware for performing a non-LUT logic function, and an over-ride element configured to selectively force a muxing stage within the N-stage LUT to select either one or more LUT configuration bit inputs or the output of the non-LUT logic function as the output of the LUT. In various embodiments, the non-LUT functions can include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, digital signal processing, memory storage, etc.