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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2011
Applicant:
James L. Ball, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Inventor:
James L. Ball, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H03K 19/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/1776 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for using an internal read only memory (ROM) to configure a logic device are described. The ROM and the logic device may be located on a single chip. The ROM may be adapted to store highly compressed configuration images and be non-reprogrammable. The logic device may be configured based on the compressed configuration image.