PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH BLOCKS OF LOGIC REGIONS GROUPED INTO SUPER-BLOCKS
Patent №
US 5,541,530
Granted
1996-07-30
Filed 1995
Owner
ALTERA CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
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hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08442802
A programmable logic array integrated circuit device has logic regions grouped in blocks, which are in turn grouped in super-blocks. The super-blocks are disposed on the device in a two-dimensional array of intersecting rows and columns. Global conductors are associated with each row and column. Super-block feeding conductors associated with each super-block feed signals from the global conductors to any logic region in the super-block. Local feedback conductors feed back logic region output signals to all logic regions in a block. The super-block feeding conductors are also used to interconnect the logic regions in a super-block so that the global conductors do not have to be used for that purpose.
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Ownership
ALTERA CORPORATION
assignment · 77080372
Assignors
CLIFF, RICHARD G., MCCLINTOCK, CAMERON, LEONG, WILLIAM
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