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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kok Heng Choe, Bayan Lepas, MY;
Assignee:
Altera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); H03K 19/0175 (2006.01); H03K 19/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/017581 (2013.01); H03K 19/17764 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques and mechanisms generate a configuration bit stream to load into a circuit such as a Programmable Logic Device (PLD). A configuration bit stream may have a reduced size if 'phantom bits' not corresponding to configuration elements are removed. However, the PLD may need a full-sized and properly ordered configuration bit stream in order to be properly configured. Techniques and mechanisms are described for selectively adding a 'padding bit' to compensate for the missing phantom bits.