Programming architecture for a programmable integrated circuit e

Details Programming architecture for a programmable integrated circuit e Programming architecture for a programmable integrated circuit e

1997-09-17

1999-01-12

Santamauro, Jon

Electronic digital logic circuitry

Multifunctional or programmable

Array

326 38, H03K 19177

Patent

active

058595430

ABSTRACT:
A programmable integrated circuit such as a field programmable gate array (see FIG. 3) has a few long routing wire segments for transmitting signals long distances across the integrated circuit. These long routing wire segments can be coupled together with programmed antifuses. A high-drive output driver may be used to drive signals a long distance through such coupled together long routing wire segments giving rise to large switching currents across the programmed antifuses that couple the long wire segments together. In some types of antifuses, programmed antifuse reliability is dependent upon maintaining the programming current used to program the antifuse a certain factor greater than the peak switching current flowing through the antifuse during normal operation. The antifuses in these long wire segments therefore should be programmed with proportionately larger programming currents. To increase the programming currents with which these antifuses are programmed, programming current is supplied onto each of the long routing segments from two different programming conductors via two different programming transistors.

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