US4839820A
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Monolithic semi-custom LSI
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1985-07-01
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Granted: 1989-06-13
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Expires: 2005-07-01
Abstract
Abstract According to an large scale integration (LSI) system, different types of macrocells which are required to establish a predetermined system and which have a first-layer of wiring and a glue circuit for compensating for the functions not provided by the marcrocells alone, are formed on a single semiconductor substrate. The different types of macrocells correspond to different types of independent LSIs constituting the predetermined system. The macrocells have the same main circuits as those of the independent LSIs. The pattern configuration of the main circuits of the macrocells adopts the patterns of the corresponding independent LSIs. A second-layer of wiring is connected between the macrocells and between the macrocells and the glue circuit as needed.
Inventors
- 👤 Tsuneo Kinoshita
- 👤 Kazuyuki Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 02:20
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; H10W20/41; H10W20/43; G; G11; G11C; G11C5/00; H10D; H10D84/00; H10D84/90; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S257/00; Y10S257/923
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A semi-custom large scale integration circuit comprising: a substrate; a plurality of macrocells formed in said substrate each having bonding pads and each including a plurality of individual customized bulk semiconductor elements arranged in conventional independent LSI mask patterns and interconnected by a first layer of wiring connected to said bonding pads, said macrocells having different sets of operating characteristics; glue circuit means for converting said sets of operating characteristics to permit interactive operation of said plurality of macrocells, said glue circuit means comprising a plurality semi-custom integrated circuits formed in said substrate of a plurality of standard cells arranged in a array; and a second layer of wiring interconnecting said macrocells and said glue circuit means so as to provide for operation of said large scale integration circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
A semi-custom large scale integration circuit comprising: a substrate; a plurality of macrocells formed in said substrate each having bonding pads and each including a plurality of individual customized bulk semiconductor elements arranged in conventional independent LSI mask patterns and interconnected by a first layer of wiring connected to said bonding pads, said macrocells having different sets of operating characteristics; glue circuit means for converting said sets of operating characteristics to permit interactive operation of said plurality of macrocells, said glue circuit means comprising a plurality semi-custom integrated circuits formed in said substrate of a plurality of standard cells arranged in a array; and a second layer of wiring interconnecting said macrocells and said glue circuit means so as to provide for operation of said large scale integration circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A semi-custom large scale integration circuit as recited in claim 1 further comprising a clock bus, a local bus, a control bus, an address bus, and a data bus each coupled to said macrocells and to said glue circuit means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
137 words
A semi-custom large scale integration circuit according to claim 2, wherein said glue circuit means includes a wait state logic coupled to said clock bus and said control bus, an address latch coupled to said local bus and said address bus, a data buffer coupled to said local bus and said data bus, a memory control logic coupled to said control bus, a parity circuit circuit coupled to said control bus and said data bus, an I/O chip selecting circuit coupled to said address bus, a DMA page register coupled to said address bus and said data bus, a DMA address latch coupled to said address bus and said data bus, a data bus enable decoder coupled to address bus, a serial/parallel converter coupled to said macrocells, and a non-maskable interrupt logic coupled to said local bus.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
135 words
A semi-custom large scale integration circuit according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of macrocells comprises a clock generating circuit coupled to said clock bus; a bus controller coupled to said local bus and said control bus; an interrupt controller coupled to said local bus, control bus, said address bus, and said data bus; a direct memory access controller coupled to said said control bus, said address bus, and said data bus; a timer coupled to said control bus, said address bus, and said data bus; and input/output port coupled to said control bus, said address bus, and said data bus; a cathode ray tube controller coupled to said control bus, said address bus, and said data bus; and a floppy disk controller coupled to said control bus, said address bus, and said data bus.
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