Electronic digital logic circuitry – With test facilitating feature
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-13
2009-06-16
Tran, Anh Q (Department: 2819)
Electronic digital logic circuitry
With test facilitating feature
C326S009000, C326S038000, C326S041000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07548085
ABSTRACT:
Some embodiments of the invention is a configurable integrated circuit (IC) that includes (1) several configurable logic circuits, (2) a first routing network for connecting the configurable logic circuits, (3) several user design state (UDS) circuits, and (4) a second network communicatively coupled to the UDS circuits. In least one period during the operation of the IC, the second network receives addresses for a several UDS circuits in a random access manner. In some embodiments, the second network is a debug network for reading randomly state values stored by the addressed UDS circuits during the user-design operation of the IC.
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Hutchings Brad
Redgrave Jason
Schmit Herman
Teig Steven
Adeli & Tollen LLP
Tabula Inc.
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