TRANSPORT NETWORK FOR A CONFIGURABLE IC
First Claim
1. A configurable integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
- a) an arrangement of circuit elements;
b) a trace buffer;
c) a transport network separate from said arrangement of circuit elements;
wherein said transport network is for transporting data from said arrangement of circuit elements to the trace buffer;
d) trigger circuits for triggering the trace buffer to stop recording a set of data; and
e) deskew circuits for temporally aligning a subset of said data.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a configurable integrated circuit (IC) with an arrangement of circuit elements, a trace buffer, a transport network separate from the arrangement of circuit elements. The transport network transports data from the arrangement of circuit elements to the trace buffer.
In some embodiments the configurable IC is on a single chip. In some embodiments the configurable IC further includes trigger circuits for triggering the trace buffer to stop recording a set of data. In some such embodiments the configurable IC further includes deskew circuits for temporally aligning a subset of the data. In some embodiments the subset of the data passes through the transport network on its way to the deskew circuits.
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23 Claims
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1. A configurable integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
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a) an arrangement of circuit elements; b) a trace buffer; c) a transport network separate from said arrangement of circuit elements; wherein said transport network is for transporting data from said arrangement of circuit elements to the trace buffer; d) trigger circuits for triggering the trace buffer to stop recording a set of data; and e) deskew circuits for temporally aligning a subset of said data. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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3. (canceled)
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8. A configurable integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
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a) an arrangement of circuit elements; b) a trace buffer; c) a transport network separate from said arrangement of circuit elements; wherein said transport network transports data from said arrangement of circuit elements to the trace buffer; and d) trigger circuits for triggering the trace buffer to stop recording a set of data, wherein said trigger circuits comprise a programmable delay for triggering the buffer after a delay of a plurality of clock cycles.
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10. A configurable integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
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a) an arrangement of circuit elements; b) a trace buffer; c) a transport network separate from said arrangement of circuit elements; wherein said transport network is for transporting data from said arrangement of circuit elements to the trace buffer, wherein said transport network receives said data from a plurality of columns of said arrangement; and d) trigger circuits for triggering the trace buffer to stop recording a set of data, wherein said transport network is further for sending a subset of said data to said trigger circuits.
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21. A reconfigurable integrated circuit (IC) comprising:
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a) an arrangement of circuit elements; b) a transport network separate from said arrangement of circuit elements; wherein said transport network is for transporting data from said arrangement of circuit elements to a trace buffer on said reconfigurable IC c) trigger circuits for triggering the trace buffer to stop recording a set of data; and d) deskew circuits for temporally aligning a subset of said data. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. (canceled)
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