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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
Applicant:
Charles E. Fulks, Iii, Madison, AL (US);
Inventor:
Charles E. Fulks, III, Madison, AL (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Research and Technology, Huntsville, AL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/173 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved configuration for a programmable logic device and an improved method for configuration of a programmable logic device are provided. A programmable logic device such as field programmable logic device is configured to include an application logic, an embedded test logic that monitors the application logic, and an access control logic that grants access to an external device to embedded test data provided that an access control requirement is met that is based upon a key stored in a memory and information received from the external device.