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MPGA products based on a prototype FPGA

  • US RE45,110 E1
  • Filed: 03/02/2012
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An integrated circuit design platform, comprising:

  • a field programmable gate array (FPGA) prototype device comprised of;

    a circuits layout comprising a plurality of field programmable logic blocks and a plurality of layers of field programmable interconnects; and

    a set of input/output pad structures; and

    a first region within the circuits layout, said region having registers at one or more boundaries of the region, said registers capable of coupling to said input/output pad structures; and

    a metal programmable gate array (MPGA) production device fabricated separately from the FPGA prototype device, the MPGA production device comprised of;

    a substantially identical circuit layout as in the first region of the FPGA; and

    a substantially identical layout of one or more layers of programmable interconnects as in the first region of the FPGA;

    wherein, a design mapped to the first region of the FPGA is identically mapped to the MPGA.

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