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- 专利标题: Integrated circuit with selectively disabled logic blocks
- 专利标题(中): 具有选择性禁止的逻辑块的集成电路
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申请号: US231532申请日: 1999-01-14
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公开(公告)号: US6160418A公开(公告)日: 2000-12-12
- 发明人: James L. Burnham
- 申请人: James L. Burnham
- 申请人地址: CA San Jose
- 专利权人: Xilinx, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Xilinx, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: CA San Jose
- 主分类号: H03K19/177
- IPC分类号: H03K19/177
摘要:
A method and circuit is provided for creating multiple product lines from a single silicon implementation of an integrated circuit (IC). Specifically, logic blocks within the IC are selectively disabled after manufacturing the IC to create various ICs of different functionality from a single silicon implementation of the IC. In one embodiment, a first logic block of the IC is coupled to a disable circuit by a first disable line and a second logic block of the IC is coupled to the disable circuit by a second disable line. The disable circuit can disable the first logic block by driving the first disable line to a disable logic state. Similarly, the disable circuit can disable the second logic block by driving the second disable circuit to the disable logic state. In an FPGA embodiment of the present invention, the first logic block is a row of configurable logic blocks (CLBs) and the second logic block is a column of CLBs.
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