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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Brian A. Box, Seabrook, NH (US);
John M. Rudosky, Hampton, NH (US);
Stephen L. Wasson, Marina, CA (US);
Steven Hennick Kelem, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Brian A. Box, Seabrook, NH (US);
John M. Rudosky, Hampton, NH (US);
Stephen L. Wasson, Marina, CA (US);
Steven Hennick Kelem, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Element CXI, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The exemplary embodiments provide a reconfigurable integrated circuit capable of on-chip configuration and reconfiguration, comprising: a plurality of configurable composite circuit elements; a configuration and control bus; a memory; and a sequential processor. Each composite circuit element comprises: a configurable circuit; and an element interface and control circuit, the element interface and control circuit comprising an element controller and at least one configuration and control register to store one or more configuration and control words. The configuration and control bus is coupled to the plurality of configurable composite circuit elements, and comprises a plurality of address and control lines and a plurality of data lines. The sequential processor can write configurations to the configuration and control registers of an addressed configurable composite circuit element to configure or reconfigure the configurable circuit.