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1. A reconfigurable integrated circuit (“
- IC”
) comprising;
a) a plurality of reconfigurable circuits, each reconfigurable circuit having a plurality of configurations for a plurality of configuration cycles;
b) said reconfigurable circuits including a plurality of time-extending reconfigurable circuits, each particular time-extending reconfigurable circuit for maintaining a configuration over at least two contiguous cycles in order to allow a signal to propagate through a signal path, containing the particular time-extending circuit, within a desired amount of time.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a reconfigurable integrated circuit (“IC”). This IC has several reconfigurable circuits, each having several configurations for several configuration cycles. The reconfigurable circuits include several time-extending reconfigurable circuits. During the operation of the IC, each particular time-extending reconfigurable circuit maintains at least one of its configurations over at least two contiguous cycles, in order to allow a signal to propagate through a signal path, which contains the particular time-extending circuit, within a desired amount of time.
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1. A reconfigurable integrated circuit (“
- IC”
) comprising;a) a plurality of reconfigurable circuits, each reconfigurable circuit having a plurality of configurations for a plurality of configuration cycles; b) said reconfigurable circuits including a plurality of time-extending reconfigurable circuits, each particular time-extending reconfigurable circuit for maintaining a configuration over at least two contiguous cycles in order to allow a signal to propagate through a signal path, containing the particular time-extending circuit, within a desired amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- IC”
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10. A electronic device comprising:
a reconfigurable integrated circuit (“
IC”
) comprising;a plurality of reconfigurable circuits, each reconfigurable circuit having a plurality of configurations for a plurality of configuration cycles; said reconfigurable circuits including a plurality of time-extending reconfigurable circuits, each particular time-extending reconfigurable circuit for maintaining a configuration over at least two contiguous cycles in order to allow a signal to propagate through a signal path, containing the particular time-extending circuit, within a desired amount of time.
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11. A method of designing a reconfigurable integrated circuit (“
- IC”
) that has a plurality of reconfigurable circuits having a plurality of configurations and operating in a plurality of reconfiguration cycles, the method;a) identifying a signal path through the IC that does not meet a timing constraint, said signal path having a plurality of circuits including at least a particular reconfigurable circuit; b) maintaining a configuration of the particular reconfigurable circuit constant over at least two contiguous reconfiguration cycles in order to reduce signal delay through the signal path and thereby satisfy the timing constraint. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- IC”
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