IP Library Granted Patent US 9,374,094
Granted Patent B1
US 9,374,094 · App. 14/470,901 · Granted Jun 21, 2016

3D field programmable gate array system with reset manufacture and method of manufacture thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,374,094
App. No.
14/470,901
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

A 3D field programmable gate array (FPGA) system, and method of manufacture therefor, includes: a field programmable gate array (FPGA) die having a configurable power on reset (POR) unit; a heterogeneous integrated circuit die coupled to the FPGA die; and a 3D power on reset (POR) output configured by the configurable POR unit for initializing the FPGA die and the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.

Claims (33)

1. A method of manufacture of a 3D field programmable gate array (FPGA) system comprising:

mounting a field programmable gate array (FPGA) die having a configurable power on reset (POR) unit;

coupling a heterogeneous integrated circuit die to the FPGA die; and

configuring a 3D power on reset (POR) output by the configurable POR unit for initializing the FPGA die and the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein coupling the heterogeneous integrated circuit die to the FPGA die includes scaling a source voltage of the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein configuring the 3D POR output includes configuring a trip level configuration port for the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein configuring the 3D POR output includes gating with a configurable option port an FPGA configuration done output.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein coupling the heterogeneous integrated circuit die includes attaching configuration links for scaling a source voltage.

6. A method of manufacture of a 3D field programmable gate array (FPGA) system comprising:

providing a base device having a component side redistribution layer;

mounting a field programmable gate array (FPGA) die, having a configurable power on reset (POR) unit, on the component side redistribution layer;

coupling a heterogeneous integrated circuit die to the FPGA die through the component side redistribution layer; and

configuring a 3D power on reset (POR) output by coupling configuration links to the configurable POR unit for initializing the FPGA die, the base device, and the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein coupling the heterogeneous integrated circuit die to the FPGA die includes adjusting a configurable power detector for monitoring a source voltage of the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein configuring the 3D POR output includes configuring a trip level configuration port for generating a raw POR output, of the heterogeneous integrated circuit die, and gating through a configurable POR logic module.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein configuring the 3D POR output includes gating with a configurable option port, an FPGA configuration done output, a 3D power good output, a core reset, or a combination thereof.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein coupling the heterogeneous integrated circuit die includes attaching configuration links for scaling a source voltage and configuring a configurable POR logic module.

11. A 3D field programmable gate array (FPGA) system comprising:

a field programmable gate array (FPGA) die having a configurable power on reset (POR) unit;

a heterogeneous integrated circuit die coupled to the FPGA die; and

a 3D power on reset (POR) output configured by the configurable POR unit for initializing the FPGA die and the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the heterogeneous integrated circuit die coupled to the FPGA die includes a source voltage of the heterogeneous integrated circuit die coupled to a configurable voltage scaling module.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the 3D POR output configured includes a trip level configuration port configured, by coupling configuration links to a configurable voltage scaling module, for the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the 3D POR output configured includes a configurable option port for gating an FPGA configuration done output.

15. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the heterogeneous integrated circuit die coupled includes configuration links attached for scaling a source voltage.

16. The system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising:

a component side redistribution layer on a base device;

a base device coupled to the FPGA die and the heterogeneous integrated circuit die; and

configuration links coupled to the configurable power on reset (POR) unit for initializing the FPGA die, the base device, and the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the heterogeneous integrated circuit die coupled to the FPGA die includes a configurable power detector adjusted for monitoring a source voltage of the heterogeneous integrated circuit die.

18. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the 3D POR output configured includes a trip level configuration port adjusted by coupling the configuration links to a configurable voltage scaling module for generating a raw POR output, for the heterogeneous integrated circuit die, and gating through a configurable POR logic module.

19. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the 3D POR output configured includes a configurable option port gated with an FPGA configuration done output, a 3D power good output, a core reset, or a combination thereof.

20. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein the heterogeneous integrated circuit die coupled includes the configuration links attached for scaling a source voltage and configuring a configurable POR logic module.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2025
From: ALTERA CORPORATION
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073431/0309 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2014
From: XIAO, PING
To: ALTERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033624/0689 →