Patent ID: 6011408
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: H03K

Abstract:
A programmable integrated circuit having a rectangular shape with a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side, the first and third sides being parallel with respect to one another, the second and fourth sides being parallel with respect to one another and perpendicular with respect to the first and third sides, comprising:a programming control driver disposed adjacent the first side of the programmable integrated circuit;a programming control conductor extending from the programming control driver in a first dimension perpendicular to the first side;a routing conductor extending in the first dimension substantially all the way across the programmable integrated circuit from the first side to the third side;a first programming driver;a first programming conductor extending from the first programming driver in a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension;a first programming transistor having a first electrode coupled to the routing conductor, a second electrode coupled to the first programming conductor, and a control electrode coupled to the programming control conductor;a second programming driver;a second programming conductor extending from the second programming driver in the second dimension; anda second programming transistor having a first electrode coupled to the routing conductor, a second electrode coupled to the second programming conductor, and a control electrode coupled to the programming control conductor.