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US 2011/0254589 A1Published application
Integrated circuit and method for manufacturing same
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsBERNDT GAMMEL, Thomas Nirschl, Gerd Dirscherl, Philip Schlazer, Stefan Rueping
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Abstract
An integrated circuit has one or more logic gates and a control circuit. The control circuit has one or more control elements coupled to the logic gates. The control circuit controls the states of the one or more logic gates. The one or more control elements have one or more programmable resistance elements and/or one or more threshold switching elements.
Claims25
An integrated circuit, comprising:
- a logic circuit including one or more logic gates;
- and
- a control circuit controlling the logic of the logic circuit, the control circuit comprising one or more control elements, said one or more control elements comprising at least one programmable resistance element and/or at least one threshold switching element,
- wherein at least one of the logic gates comprises a configuration input, and
- wherein the control element is connected to the configuration input of the at least one logic gate so as to control the logic state of the at least one logic gate.
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An integrated circuit, comprising:
- a logic circuit including one or more logic gates, and
- a control circuit controlling the logic of the logic circuit, the control circuit comprising one or more control elements, said one or more control elements comprising at least one programmable resistance element and/or at least one threshold switching element,
- wherein the one or more logic gates includes an AND-gate having first and a second input terminals, and an output terminal,
- wherein the first input terminal of the AND-gate is connected to the control element such that a signal at the second input is passed to the output of the AND-gate in the enabled state and is blocked in the disabled state, and
- wherein the state of the control element is fixed to a predefined logic state after manufacturing of the integrated circuit.
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A blocking circuit to be provided between one or more elements of a circuit, comprising:
- one or more elements allowing for enabling/disabling a connection between an input and an output of the blocking circuit;
- and
- a control circuit controlling the one or more elements, the control circuit comprising one or more control elements, said one or more control elements comprising at least one programmable resistance element and/or at least one threshold switching element,
- wherein at least one of the elements comprises a configuration input, and
- wherein the control element is connected to the configuration input of the at least one element so as to control the least one element such that a connection between an input and an output of the blocking circuit is enabled or disabled.
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An integrated circuit, comprising:
- one or more logic gates;
- and
- one or more control elements controlling the logic states of the logic gates, the control elements including at least one programmable resistance element and/or at least threshold switching element,
- wherein at least one of the logic gates comprises a configuration input, and
- wherein the control element is connected to the configuration input of the at least one logic gate so as to control the logic state of the at least one logic gate.
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An integrated circuit, comprising:
- a sub-circuit;
- and
- a control circuit comprising one or more control elements, the control elements including at least one programmable resistance element and/or at least one threshold switching elements,
- wherein the sub-circuit comprises a configuration input, and
- wherein the control element is connected to the configuration input of the sub-circuit so as to control the state of the sub-circuit, the state being selected from the group consisting of blocked state and enabled state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.