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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Neil G. Jacobson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Neil G. Jacobson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/173 (2006.01); H03K 19/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of detecting an error when loading a programmable integrated circuit (IC) can include detecting a predetermined bit pattern indicating a start of a bitstream within the programmable IC, starting a timer within the programmable IC responsive to detecting the predetermined bit pattern, and determining whether a bitstream load complete condition has occurred prior to expiration of the timer. When the timer expires prior to an occurrence of the bitstream load complete condition, at least one recovery action can be implemented.