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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2011
Applicants:

Yi Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Renxin Xia, Saratoga, CA (US);

Juin-yeu LU, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yi Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Renxin Xia, Saratoga, CA (US);

Juin-Yeu Lu, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods for flexibly configuring one or more intellectual property (IP) blocks of a programmable logic device are described. The methods include configuring and operating a first portion of the programmable logic device before configuring a remaining portion of the programmable logic device. By operating the first portion before configuring the remaining portions, various timing constraints including power-up timing constraints can be met by the programmable logic device.


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