Universal digital block interconnection and channel routing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9018979-B2
Application number	US-201313930756-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2013
Priority date	Apr 17, 2007
Publication date	Apr 28, 2015
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015

Abstract

A programmable routing scheme provides improved connectivity both between Universal Digital Blocks (UDBs) and between the UDBs and other micro-controller elements, peripherals and external Inputs and Outputs (I/Os) in the same Integrated Circuit (IC). The routing scheme increases the number of functions, flexibility, and the overall routing efficiency for programmable architectures. The UDBs can be grouped in pairs and share associated horizontal routing channels. Bidirectional horizontal and vertical segmentation elements extend routing both horizontally and vertically between different UDB pairs and to the other peripherals and I/O.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
arranging a plurality of digital blocks into one or more groups, each group comprising two or more group of two or more digital blocks;
programming, by a micro-controller system, a first set of interconnection elements of a programmable interconnect to couple at least the two digital blocks of the one or more groups together;
programming, by the micro-controller system, segmentation elements of the programmable interconnect to couple…

Assignees

• Cypress Semiconductor Corp

Inventors

• Snyder Warren
• Sullam Bert
• Mohammed Haneef

Classifications

• G06F13/4009

  Physics · mapped topic

• H03K19/177 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F13/28 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic