Patent ID: 6323679
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
A flexible programmable logic module comprising:a printed circuit board having electrical inputs and outputs, and electrically conductive paths connected to said inputs and outputs;a plurality of programmable logic devices (PLDs) mounted on said board in an array of rows and columns and electrically interconnected to each other and said electrical inputs and outputs by said conductive paths; wherein each PLD includes a plurality of parallel rows of data paths and a plurality of parallel columns of data paths, the parallel rows of each PLD being connected by a bus to the respective parallel rows of each adjacent PLD in a row of the array;a clock system for delivering clock pulses to all said PLDs andan input connector connected by said bus to the parallel rows of a first PLD at one end of each row of PLDs, and an output connector connected by said bus to the parallel rows of a last PLD at the other end of each row of PLDs.