Integrated self-testing of a reconfigurable interconnect

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APP PUB NO 20040225489A1
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10428917

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Methods and systems for increasing the speed with which configuration data can be loaded and tested on a reconfigurable interconnect device are disclosed. A reconfigurable interconnect integrated circuit (IC), or a reconfigurable portion of an integrated circuit, is coupled to a digital storage circuit such as a shift register. A seed configuration pattern is loaded once into the digital storage circuit, which is loaded onto a first set of switches in the integrated circuit. The shift register shifts the configuration patterns by a predetermined amount, and then loads the shifted configuration pattern onto a second set of switches in the integrated circuit. Using the digital storage circuit coupled to the reconfigurable interconnect, each integrated circuit only needs to load a configuration pattern once, instead of reloading a new configuration pattern for each set of switches in the integrated circuit.

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MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION8005 S W BOECKMAN RD WILSONVILLE OR 97070
MENTOR GRAPHICS (HOLDING) LTD8005 SW BOECKMAN DRIVE WILSONVILLE OR 97070-7777

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fenech, Saint Genieys David Malakoff, FR 2 11
Laurent, Gilles Boulogne, FR 7 36

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