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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jun Pin Tan, Selangor, MY;
Kiun Kiet Jong, Pulau Pinang, MY;
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/177 (2006.01); G06M 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/0175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/017581 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques and mechanisms dynamically configure shift registers among registers composing data registers in a circuit such as a Programmable Logic Device (PLD). A configuration bit stream used to configure the PLD may have a reduced size if 'phantom bits' not corresponding to configuration elements are removed. Shift registers may be dynamically configured such that registers which do not correspond to physical configuration elements may be skipped. Thus, a PLD may be programmed with a configuration bit stream without phantom bits.