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Xilinx Assigned Patent for Integrated Circuit Providing Improved Feed Back of a Signal(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 5 -- Xilinx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,327,200) developed by Sundararajarao Mohan, Sunnyvale, Calif., for an "integrated circuit providing improved feed back of a signal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An integrated circuit ("IC") in which a debug signal is fed back within a core block is disclosed. The core block generates the debug signal. The core block includes a hardened routing that routes the debug signal within the core block. The IC also includes a programmable routing, coupled to the core block, to route the debug signal external to the core block. The hardened routing transmits the debug signal at a faster rate than the programmable routing. Further, the IC includes a selection device, coupled to the hardened routing and the programmable routing, to select one of: the hardened routed signal or the externally routed signal. In addition, the IC includes an external debug circuit, coupled to the programmable routing, to condition the externally routed signal." The patent application was filed on April 2, 2009 (12/417,448). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,327,200.PN.&OS=PN/8,327,200&RS=PN/8,327,200 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. KS1205AK1205-815449 (c) 2012 Targeted News Service |