Wireless programmable logic devices
First Claim
1. An integrated circuit communicating digital data with a remote host, said integrated circuit comprising:
- a wireless transceiver for receiving said digital data from said remote host;
a base band unit connected to said wireless transceiver to perform data processing operations on said digital data; and
a programmable logic component and a programmable interconnect structure element connected to said base band unit using said digital data to configure said programmable logic component and said programmable interconnect structure element.
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Abstract
A wireless programmable logic device contains a wireless component and a programmable logic component. A remote wireless host can be used to program the programmable logic device. Some product designs require multiple programmable logic devices. When wireless programmable logic devices are used in the design, all of them can receive data and commands from the host. As a result, the wireless host can control the order of configuration and the start time of these logic devices. There is no need to build glue logic for this purpose. Consequently, the efficiency in product design is improved. If there are problems in programming a programmable logic device, the host can log the failed operation in its memory. This information could be used to improve production flow.
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27 Claims
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1. An integrated circuit communicating digital data with a remote host, said integrated circuit comprising:
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a wireless transceiver for receiving said digital data from said remote host;
a base band unit connected to said wireless transceiver to perform data processing operations on said digital data; and
a programmable logic component and a programmable interconnect structure element connected to said base band unit using said digital data to configure said programmable logic component and said programmable interconnect structure element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 25, 26, 27)
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7. A method for wireless communication between a remote host and a programmable logic device, comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by a target programmable logic device, a query transmitted by said host;
receiving, by said target programmable logic device, a set of digital data transmitted by said host; and
initially configuring a configurable logic block of said target programmable logic device using at least a portion of said set of digital data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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15. The method of claim 31 further comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by said host, a signal from said target programmable logic device indicating a status of said configuring step; and
logging said status by said host.
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