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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:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Anthony J. Collins, Dublin, IE;
Inventor:
Anthony J. Collins, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit enabling the communication of data is described. The integrated circuit comprises an input/output port; a plurality of data converter circuits; and programmable interconnect circuits coupled between the input/output port and the plurality of data converter circuits, the programmable interconnect circuits enabling a connection of the plurality of data converter circuits to the input/output port of the integrated circuit. A method of enabling the communication of data in an integrated circuit is also described.