Programmable logic device configurable input/output cell

Details Programmable logic device configurable input/output cell Programmable logic device configurable input/output cell

1988-12-23

1990-01-23

Popek, Joseph A.

Static information storage and retrieval

Read/write circuit

Including specified plural element logic arrangement

34082583, 307465, G11C 700, H03K 19173

Patent

active

048962961

ABSTRACT:
An in-system programmable logic device is disclosed which may be configured or reconfigured while installed in a user's system. The disclosed device employs non-volatile memory cells such as floating gate transistors as the programmable elements, and hence the device retains a particular programmed logic configuration virtually indefinitely during a powered-down state. The device is operable in a normal state and in several utility states for reconfiguring the device. The device state is controlled by an internal state machine which executes several state equations whose variables are the logic levels driving two dedicated pins and the present device state. One device pin receives serial input data which loads a shift register latch. The contents of the latch are employed to select a particular row of the cells to be programmed and the logic level to which the selected cells are to be programmed. The device normal inputs and outputs are isolated from the device during the utility states, so that the user's system does not affect the device operation during the utility states. A voltage multiplier circuit is included to generate the high voltage level necessary to program the floating gate transistors employed as the device memory cells from the device supply voltage, thereby further conserving on the required number of device pins. By programming a particular memory cell, the user may select the state of the device outputs during the utility states as either a present data latched condition or a tri-stated condition.

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