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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2009
Howard Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Roger Spinti, Milpitas, CA (US);
San-ta Kow, San Jose, CA (US);
Ju Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Howard Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Roger Spinti, Milpitas, CA (US);
San-Ta Kow, San Jose, CA (US);
Ju Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods provide register data retention techniques for a programmable logic device in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention. For example, in one embodiment, a programmable logic device includes a plurality of logic blocks adapted to generate user data during operation of the programmable logic device; a plurality of registers adapted to store the user data during a reprogramming operation of the programmable logic device; and configurable routing resources adapted to provide a programmed data path between the logic blocks and the registers.