Patent ID: 7193440

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC) comprising: 1) a set of configurable logic circuits, each configurable logic circuit for configurably performing a set of functions; 2) a set of configurable interconnect circuits for configurably coupling the logic circuits; wherein each of a plurality of configurable interconnect circuits comprises: a) a first interconnect circuit having a set of input terminals, a set of output terminals, a set of configuration data lines, and a plurality of connection schemes for communicatively coupling the input terminal set to the output terminal set; and b) a second connection circuit for supplying sets of configuration data to said configuration data lines of the first interconnect circuit, wherein during an operation of the IC, the second connection circuit receives a control signal that directs the second connection circuit to supply configuration data sets to the first interconnect circuit at a particular rate for at least a particular time period, wherein the control signal has a rate that is at least equal to the particular rate, wherein at least two supplied configuration data sets are different and configure the first interconnect circuit to use two different connection schemes that differently couple the input and output terminal sets, wherein said supplied configuration data sets are simultaneously stored in the IC.