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Method and apparatus for modular circuit design for a programmable logic device

  • US 7,600,210 B1
  • Filed: 09/28/2005
  • Issued: 10/06/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of modular circuit design for an integrated circuit (IC), comprising:

  • capturing a circuit design having plurality of modules and one or more logic interface macros positioned on a floorplan, each of the plurality of modules being one of a static module or a reconfigurable module, each of the one or more logic interface macros;

    being positioned at a boundary between a module pair of the plurality of modules; and

    comprising one or more configurable logic block (CLB) slices having a plurality of pins, a first half of the plurality of pins being located within a first module of the module pair and coupled only to ports of the first module, and a second half of the plurality of pins being located within a second module of the module pair and coupled only to ports of the second module;

    implementing each of the plurality of modules using information generated from the capturing step; and

    assembling the plurality of modules using the information generated from the capturing step and information generated from the implementing step.

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