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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andy L. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Cameron R. McClintock, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brian D. Johnson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard G. Cliff, Los Altos, CA (US);
Srinivas T. Reddy, Fremont, CA (US);
Christopher F. Lane, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Leventis, Toronto, CA;
Vaughn Betz, Toronto, CA;
David Lewis, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H03K 19/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/17736 (2013.01); H03K 19/177 (2013.01); H03K 19/1778 (2013.01); H03K 19/17732 (2013.01); H03K 19/17796 (2013.01);
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.