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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2007
Bernard J. New, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Bernard J. New, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A programmable device with contact via programming to reduce leakage current and a method for reducing standby power for such programmable device are described. Configuration memory cells are identified responsive to instantiation of a user design in a test platform of the programmable device. The programmable device is via programmed during manufacturing thereof to not couple for programmability a first portion of the configuration memory cells and to form a first portion of the user design associated with the first portion of the configuration memory cells as hard-wired and to couple for programmability a second portion of the configuration memory cells for subsequent instantiation of a second portion of the user design in the programmable device.