Patents Represented by Attorney Mark A. Haynes, Esq.
  • Patent number: 5635851
    Abstract: A data bus on an integrated circuit includes a series of selectors arranged in a ring, each selector having an output terminal, an enable terminal, a ring input terminal, and a data input terminal. The ring input terminal receives data from another selector in the ring. The data input terminal receives data from a data source. The output terminal supplies data to the ring input terminal of a next selector in the ring. The enable terminal receives enable signals from a data source. A selector either propagates the signal on its ring input terminal or a data signal on its data input terminal to the next selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventor: Danesh Tavana