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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Edward S. Peterson, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
XILINX, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/24 (2006.01); G11C 16/22 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2013.01); G11C 7/24 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/22 (2013.01); G11C 16/0433 (2013.01);
Abstract
A programmable integrated circuit, includes an external port, a configuration memory, a hardened write path between the external port and the configuration memory and a soft read path between the configuration memory and the external port, wherein configuration data stored in the configuration memory is only read through the soft read path.