Apparatus and methods for silicon-on-insulator transistors in programmable logic devices
AssigneeAltera Corporation
InventorJohn Turner
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Abstract
A programmable logic device (PLD) includes programmable electronic circuitry. The programmable electronic circuitry allows programming the functionality of the PLD. The programmable electronic circuitry includes one or more of programmable interconnects, pass devices, look-up table circuits, and/or multi-input logic circuits. Each of the programmable interconnects, pass devices, look-up table circuits, and/or multi-input logic circuits includes one or more of dynamic threshold metal oxide semiconductor (DTMOS) transistors, fully depleted metal oxide semiconductor (FDMOS) transistors, partially depleted metal oxide semiconductor (PDMOS) transistors, and/or double-gate metal oxide semiconductor transistors.
Claims53
A programmable logic device (PLD), comprising:
- programmable electronic circuitry, the programmable electronic circuitry adapted to allow programming the functionality of the programmable logic device (PLD),
- wherein the programmable electronic circuitry includes a plurality of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors.
A programmable logic device (PLD), comprising:
- programmable electronic circuitry, the programmable electronic circuitry adapted to allow programming the functionality of the programmable logic device (PLD),
- wherein the programmable electronic circuitry includes at least one double-gate metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor.
A programmable logic device (PLD) that includes silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors, comprising:
- programmable interconnect circuitry including a first silicon-on-insulator transistor, the programmable interconnect circuitry adapted to provide configurable interconnections within the programmable logic device;
- a silicon-on-insulator pass transistor, the silicon-on-insulator pass transistor coupled to the programmable interconnect circuitry;
- and
- a look-up table circuit including a second silicon-on-insulator transistor, the look-up table circuit coupled to the programmable interconnect circuitry.
A programmable logic device (PLD), comprising:
- programmable interconnect circuitry including at least one dynamic threshold metal oxide semiconductor silicon-on-insulator transistor, the programmable interconnect circuitry adapted to couple together electronic circuitry within the programmable logic device;
- a dynamic threshold metal oxide semiconductor silicon-on-insulator pass transistor, the dynamic threshold metal oxide semiconductor silicon-on-insulator pass transistor coupled to the programmable interconnect circuitry;
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- a look-up table circuit including at least one dynamic threshold metal oxide semiconductor silicon-on-insulator transistor, the look-up table circuit coupled to the programmable interconnect circuitry.
A data-processing system, comprising:
- a programmable logic device, the programmable logic device including:
- programmable electronic circuitry, the programmable electronic circuitry including a plurality of metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistors;
- and
- at least one peripheral device coupled to the programmable logic device,
- wherein the plurality of metal oxide semiconductor transistors comprises at least one silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistor.
A method of processing data using a programmable logic device (PLD), comprising:
- receiving input data in a programmable electronic circuitry included within the programmable logic device;
- and
- processing the input data in the programmable electronic circuitry of the programmable logic device,
- wherein the programmable electronic circuitry includes at least one SOI transistor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.