Programmable logic device with regional and universal signal rou

Details Programmable logic device with regional and universal signal rou Programmable logic device with regional and universal signal rou

1995-06-19

1997-01-14

Westin, Edward P.

Electronic digital logic circuitry

Multifunctional or programmable

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326 39, 34082587, H01L 2500, H03K 19177

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055943667

ABSTRACT:
A programmable logic device having a plurality of logic cells arranged in groups defining separate logic regions, both regional and multi-regional bus lines, and a crosspoint switch matrix which serves only to route signals from bus lines to inputs of the logic cells without logically combining two or more of the bus signals, i.e. without forming product terms. Rather, all logic is carried out by the logic cells themselves. In particular, the switch matrix is constructed so that each bus line can connect to one or more logic cell inputs, but each logic cell input can meaningfully connect to only one bus line without shorting. In one embodiment, each logic cell feeds one logic signal back to a regional bus line and can potentially feed back another logic signal through its region's universal select matrix to a universal bus line. The select matrix connects a subset of the region's potential feedback signals to the universal bus.

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