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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 10, 2012
Andy L. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Cameron Mcclintock, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard Cliff, Los Altos, CA (US);
Srinivas Reddy, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher Lane, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Leventis, Toronto, CA;
Vaughn Timothy Betz, Toronto, CA;
David Lewis, Toronto, CA;
Andy L. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Cameron McClintock, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard Cliff, Los Altos, CA (US);
Srinivas Reddy, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher Lane, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Leventis, Toronto, CA;
Vaughn Timothy Betz, Toronto, CA;
David Lewis, Toronto, CA;
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a hole is formed within an LE array of a PLD by interrupting the LE array base signal routing architecture such that a hole is left for IP function block to be incorporated. An interface region is provided for interfacing the remaining LE array base signal routing architecture to the IP function block.