Abstract: Techniques are provided for improving signal timing characteristics of differential input/output (IO) circuits on programmable logic integrated circuits. A differential buffer receives differential signals applied to differential input pins. The output signals of the differential buffer are routed to two hard IO decoder blocks that are located in two adjacent rows/columns of programmable logic elements. Each IO decoder block has a data-in register that receives output signals of the differential buffer. The data-in registers in two adjacent IO decoder blocks support a double clocking technique. IO decoder blocks of the present invention have reduced setup times, hold times, and sampling windows relative to soft DDIO blocks, and have a minimal impact on die area.

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