WO2005117262A1 - 光再構成可能論理回路 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an optically reconfigurable logic circuit capable of reconfiguring a logical structure of an internal circuit by inputting an optical signal including logic circuit configuration information, and more particularly, to a dynamically reconfigurable logic circuit.
- the present invention relates to an optically reconfigurable logic circuit capable of increasing the gate density of an internal circuit by retaining configuration information.
- External forces Devices that can reconfigure the logic structure of a circuit by inputting logic circuit configuration information include a field programmable gate array (FPGA). .) Is widely used. Furthermore, in order to maximize the operation rate of the gate array and reduce the circuit mounting area, research and development of dynamically reconfigurable devices has been promoted in recent years, and high-speed reconfigurable devices have been developed. Demand is increasing.
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- DAP / DNA Digital Application Processor / Distributed
- Non-Patent Documents 11, 12 are packages of reconfigurable memory and microprocessor arrays on a single chip.
- the reconfiguration memory inside the chip stores 3 to 16 banks of reconfiguration context. These banks are switched for each clock. This process is the so-called context switching method.
- the Arithmetic and Logical Unit (ALU) of these devices can be reconfigured every clock with a period of a few nanoseconds.
- ALU Arithmetic and Logical Unit
- Non-Patent Documents 7 to 10 an optically reconfigurable gate array (hereinafter, referred to as “ORGA”) is one of the devices capable of particularly reducing the reconfiguration time of the conventional FPGA.
- ORGA optically reconfigurable gate array
- ODRGA Optically Differential Reconfigurable Gate Array
- devices differ from FPGAs in that they reconfigure the logic structure of the gate array with the input of optical signals from an external optical memory, similar to FPGAs.
- devices such as ORGA and ODRGA that can reconfigure a logic circuit by inputting an optical signal are collectively referred to as “optically reconfigurable logic circuits”.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an optically reconfigurable logic circuit.
- the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 100 includes an optical part 101 and a VLSI part 102.
- the optical part 101 has an optical system that irradiates the VLSI part 102 with an optical signal including logic circuit configuration information (see Patent Documents 1 to 5 and Non-Patent Documents 1 to 5).
- the optical part 101 includes an optical storage element such as a holographic memory or a spatial light modulator in which logic circuit configuration information is stored, and an optical storage element power. It has a light emitting element such as a laser or an LED that outputs irradiation light for reading information (see Patent Documents 2, 4, and 5 and Non-Patent Document 2).
- the logic circuit configuration information is read as an optical signal from the optical storage element by the light output from the light emitting element. It is.
- the VLSI section 102 is based on a configuration information input circuit including a light receiving element for detecting an optical signal input from the optical section 101, and a logic circuit configuration information given by the optical signal input to the configuration information input circuit.
- a logic configuration variable circuit configured with a logical configuration, an input / output circuit that inputs and outputs external signals to and from the logic configuration variable circuit, and a controller that controls the operation of the entire optically reconfigurable logic circuit 100 (See Patent Documents 1 to 3, 5).
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration information input circuit in a conventional optically reconfigurable logic circuit (see Patent Document 3).
- FIG. 19 shows a configuration information input circuit used in the ODRGA.
- the configuration information input circuit 105 includes a photodiode D, a PMOS transistor M, and a triggered flip-flop (hereinafter, referred to as "TFF").
- Photodiode D is reverse-biased and the anode is grounded.
- the power source of the photodiode D is connected to the power supply via the PMOS transistor M.
- a preset signal nPRESET is input to the gate of the PMOS transistor M (here, the symbol “n” indicates negative logic. In the drawing, negative logic is indicated by an overline. The same applies hereinafter.) 0 nPRESET Is negative logic. When the nPRESET force is 0, the power supply voltage Vc is applied to the force source of the photodiode D.
- the common node N1 of the photodiode D and the PMOS transistor M is connected to the trigger input terminal nT of the TFF.
- the clock signal (CLOCK) is input to the clock terminal of TFF, and the clear signal (nCLEAR) is input to the clear terminal nCLR of TFF.
- CLEAR is a signal of negative logic.
- a 1-bit circuit configuration signal (CONFIG) is output from the output terminal Q of TFF.
- the circuit configuration signal is a signal representing the logic circuit configuration information of the variable logic configuration circuit.
- the TFF Inverts the logical value of CONFIG when the input force of the trigger input terminal nT is ⁇ , and maintains the logical value of CONFIG when the input of the trigger input terminal nT is 0. .
- TFF forcibly sets CONFIG to 0.
- nPRESET is set to 0, the power supply voltage Vc is applied between the terminals of the photodiode D, and then nPRESET is set to 1.
- the node N1 is set to the H level due to the junction capacitance of the reverse-biased photodiode D.
- an optical signal is input from the optical part 101.
- a current flows through the photodiode D. Therefore, the potential of the node N1 becomes L level.
- the photodiode D is not irradiated with light, the node N1 is maintained at the H level.
- the above configuration is an example of a configuration information input circuit used for ODRGA, but when used for ORGA, D flip flops, latches, memories, etc. are used instead of the TFF in FIG. .
- Patent Document 1 JP-A-2002-353317
- Patent Document 2 US Patent No. 6057703
- Patent Document 3 JP 2004-064017 A
- Patent Document 4 U.S. Pat.No. 6,222,755
- Patent Document 5 US Patent No. 6072608
- Non-Patent Document 1 J. V. Campenhout, H. V. Marck, J. Depreitere, and J. Dambre, "Optoelectronic FPGAs", IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron, Vol. 5, pp.
- Non-Patent Document 2 J. Mumbru, G. Panotopoulos, D. Psaltis, X. An, F. Mok, S. Ay, S. Barna, and ER Fossum, "Optically Programmable Gate Array", Proc. SPIE -Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., Vol. 4089, pp. 763-771, 2000.
- Non-Patent Document 3 J. Mumbru, G. Zhou, X. An, W. Liu, G. Panotopoulos, F. Mok, and D. Psaltis, "Optical memory for computing and information processing", Proc. SPIE -Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., Vol. 3804, pp. 14-24, 1999.
- Non-Patent Document 6 J. Depreitere, H. Neefs, HV Marck, JV Campenhout, R. Baets, B. Dhoedt, H. Thienpont, and I. Veretennicoff, "An optoelectronic 3-D field programmable gate array, FPL '94 Proc, pp.352-360, 1994.
- Non-Patent Document 8 Sherif S. Sherif, Stefan K. Griebel, Albert Au, Dennis Hui, Ted H. Szymanski, and H. Scott Hinton, Trild — Programmable Smart-Pixel Arrays: Design, VLSI Implementation, and Applications ”, Applied Optics, Volume 38, Issue 5, pp. 838—846 February 1999.
- Non-Patent Document 9 Majd F. Sakr, Steven P. Levitan, C. Lee Giles, and Donald M.
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- Non-Patent Document 11 Hirotaka Nakano, Takeshi Shindo, Tetsuo Kazami, Masato Motomura, "Development of Dynamic Configuration Processor LSI", NEC Technical Report, NEC Corporation, April 2003, Vol.56, ⁇ .4, ⁇ 99- 102 Special reference S 12: U. Tangen, JS McCasknl, Hardware evolution with a massively parallel dynamically reconfigurable computer: POLYP ", Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware. Second International Conference, ICES 98 Proc, pp.364—371, 1998.
- the VLSI portion 102 of the conventional optically reconfigurable logic circuit has a logic configuration variable circuit and a large number of configuration information input circuits, as in a normal FPGA.
- the conventional ORGA and ODRGA can be thought of as optical circuits added to the FPGA gate array.
- Each configuration information input circuit requires a photodiode that detects optical logic circuit configuration information, a latch that temporarily stores logic circuit configuration information, a flip-flop or a memory, and several transistors. I do.
- the ratio of the optical circuit in the mounting area of the VLSI chip of the ODRGA is about 47%. It is estimated when it reaches%. As described above, if the proportion of the optical circuit in the mounting area is large, an ORGA or ODRGA with a high gate density cannot be realized.
- the conventional optically reconfigurable logic circuit has a memory function that overlaps as a whole.
- the memory function of the VLSI section 102 has an important function of retaining the output value of the configuration information input circuit while refreshing the photodiode. However, if the memory function of the VLSI part 102 could be eliminated, the mounting area of the configuration information input circuit would be greatly reduced. Thus, it is considered that the gate density of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit can be extremely increased.
- a first configuration of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to the present invention includes a photoconductive device that conducts and cuts off the conduction Z by inputting light, and transmits an optical signal including logic circuit configuration information to the photoconductive device.
- An optically reconfigurable logic circuit comprising: a configuration information input circuit that converts the output into an electrical circuit configuration signal and outputs the same; and a logic configuration variable circuit that performs a logical configuration of an internal circuit according to the circuit configuration signal.
- Logic circuit configuration information input from the optical signal is held as a circuit configuration signal in a parasitic capacitance between terminals of the photoconductive device in a non-conductive state (hereinafter referred to as an “input capacitor”), and the held circuit configuration Before the signal disappears due to the leak discharge, the input capacitor is preset and the next optical signal is input, whereby the logic circuit configuration information is dynamically held in the input capacitor. And performing control.
- the input capacitor composed of the parasitic capacitance of the photoconductive device (consisting of the junction capacitance of the photoconductive device and other stray capacitance) is used. While the charge is charged, an optical signal including logic circuit configuration information is input to the optically reconfigurable logic circuit.
- the logic reconfiguration of the variable logic configuration circuit is performed according to the circuit configuration signal.
- the input stage of the logical configuration variable circuit has a high input impedance, so that a voltage drop between terminals of the photoconductive device during a period in which no optical signal is being input hardly occurs except for a voltage drop due to a leak current. Therefore, the circuit configuration signal is stably maintained for a relatively long time.
- the logic configuration variable circuit performs a desired logic operation process by a logic circuit configured based on the circuit configuration signal.
- the configuration information input circuit does not require a separate storage circuit such as a latch, a flip-flop or a memory for holding logic circuit configuration information.
- the logic circuit configuration information is held by an input capacitor composed of stray capacitance. As a result, an excessive memory function is omitted, and the mounting area and power consumption of the configuration information input circuit can be significantly reduced as compared with the conventional case.
- the input capacitor Before the circuit configuration information held in the input capacitor is lost due to the leak discharge, the input capacitor is refreshed by presetting the input capacitor and inputting the next optical signal. Therefore, the circuit configuration information of the input capacitor can be continuously and dynamically maintained.
- a photoconductive device a photodiode, a phototransistor, a photoconductive cell, or the like can be used.
- dynamically holding the logic circuit configuration information means that the state where the logic circuit configuration information is held is continued by periodically refreshing the logic circuit configuration information.
- a second configuration of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the first configuration, the photoconductive device is a photodiode connected in a reverse direction to noise.
- the mounting area can be minimized, and the optically reconfigurable logic circuit can have a maximum number of gates.
- a PN photodiode As the “photodiode”, a PN photodiode, a PIN photodiode, a Schottky photodiode, an avalanche photodiode, or the like can be used.
- the use of a PN photodiode is effective for simplifying the manufacturing process and reducing the mounting area.
- the configuration information input circuit quantizes a voltage between terminals of the photoconductive device.
- a logic output circuit for outputting a logic output value wherein the logic output circuit quantizes an electrical signal output from the photoconductive device after converting the optical signal, and outputs a circuit configuration signal. It is output as a signal.
- a stable signal can be output as a circuit configuration signal by quantizing the output of the photoconductive device by the logic output circuit.
- the "logic output circuit” is a CMIS (Complementary Metal Insulator).
- a preset voltage is applied to the photoconductive device in a reverse bias direction.
- Preset control means for performing preset control for charging the input capacitor; and the photoconductive device illuminated in accordance with the optical signal after the input capacitor is charged by the preset control, wherein the optical signal is turned on for a predetermined time.
- An illumination control means for performing illumination control for writing logic circuit configuration information to the configuration information input circuit by conducting the logic circuit configuration information, and after the logic circuit configuration information has been written to the configuration information input circuit by the illumination control, Timing generating means for outputting a preset timing signal to the preset control means with a delay time.
- the preset control hand stage the features that you perform a preset control when the preset timing signal is input.
- the preset control means when updating the logic circuit configuration information held by the configuration information input circuit, first, the preset control means applies a preset voltage between both poles of the photoconductive device with a reverse noise. This charges the input capacitor consisting of the parasitic capacitance of the photoconductive device. Next, the preset control unit stops applying the preset voltage.
- the illumination control means controls the optically reconfigurable logic circuit so as to input an optical signal including logic circuit configuration information.
- the logic circuit configuration information held by the configuration information input circuit can be updated. This series of updating operation of the logic circuit configuration information is called “refresh”.
- the circuit configuration signal is stably maintained for a relatively long time.
- Preset control means and illumination The control means performs the refresh before the voltage across the input capacitor falls below the logic threshold value of the logic output circuit due to the leak current, so that the logic circuit configuration information is continuously held in the configuration information input circuit.
- the logic configuration variable circuit performs a desired logic operation process between the time when the logic circuit configuration information is updated and the time when the next logic circuit configuration information is updated.
- the preset control unit and the illumination control unit dynamically update the logic circuit configuration information of the configuration information input circuit. It is possible to prevent the logic configuration of the logic configuration variable circuit from becoming uncertain unexpectedly.
- the “predetermined delay time” when the timing generation means outputs the preset timing signal is a time interval from the input of the optical signal to the time before the circuit configuration information of the input capacitor disappears due to the leak discharge. It is appropriately set to a shorter time.
- the timing generation means may include a terminal of the photoconductive device preset to the preset voltage by the preset control.
- a preset timing signal is output to the preset control means with a delay time shorter than a period during which the voltage falls below a predetermined logical threshold value due to the inter-voltage discharge.
- the timing generation unit outputs the preset timing signal to the preset control unit again before the voltage between the terminals of the photoconductive device drops below the predetermined logical threshold value after the preset. Then, the circuit configuration information of the input capacitor is updated. Thereby, the circuit configuration information of the input capacitor can be dynamically held.
- the “predetermined logical threshold” is a logical threshold voltage determined by a semiconductor circuit constituting the optically reconfigurable logic circuit.
- the configuration information input circuit may include a preset applied between both poles of the photoconductive device. It is provided with a preset 'switching element for turning on and off the voltage, and the preset control means asserts a preset signal for turning on the preset' switching element for a predetermined period.
- the preset 'switching element is turned on by the preset signal, a preset voltage is applied between both electrodes of the photoconductive device, and the input capacitor is preset. Thereafter, by irradiating the photoconductive device with an input signal, circuit configuration information can be written to the input capacitor.
- the “preset 'switching element' is a MISFET (Metal Insulator
- the "predetermined period" for asserting the preset signal is set to a period sufficient for the voltage of the input capacitor to be saturated to the preset voltage.
- Logic output holding means for holding a logical output value of the logic configuration variable circuit at a timing before a time when a voltage between terminals of the photoconductive device drops below a predetermined logic threshold by discharging. It is characterized by the following.
- the output signal of the logical configuration variable circuit is temporarily held by the external output storage unit. Therefore, even if the logic structure of the internal circuit of the variable logic configuration circuit becomes indefinite while updating the logic circuit configuration information, it is possible to prevent the logic output value of the variable logic configuration circuit from becoming undefined.
- the logic output holding means When the logic output holding means is added, an additional mounting area is required.
- the number of logic outputs of the logic configuration variable circuit is much smaller than the number of bits of all logic circuit configuration information. Therefore, the mounting area can be far reduced as compared with the conventional case where the storage element is mounted corresponding to all the photoconductive devices.
- a commonly used storage element such as a latch, a flip-flop or a register can be used.
- An eighth configuration of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to the present invention is the optical reconfigurable logic circuit according to the seventh configuration, wherein
- the configuration information input circuit includes a preset 'switching element for turning on and off a preset voltage applied between both electrodes of the photoconductive device, and the preset control means includes the preset' preset for turning the switching element on '.
- the logic output holding means holds the logic output value of the logic configuration variable circuit at a timing before the preset control means asserts the preset signal. It is characterized by doing.
- the logic output holding means holds the logic output value of the logic configuration variable circuit after the input capacitor holds the circuit configuration information and before the input capacitor is preset by the preset. While the circuit configuration information of the input capacitor is being updated, the previous circuit configuration information is retained, and the logic configuration of the logic configuration variable circuit is maintained. Therefore, even when the logic structure of the internal circuit of the variable logic configuration circuit becomes indefinite while updating the logic circuit configuration information, it is possible to prevent the logic output value of the variable logic configuration circuit from becoming undefined.
- a ninth configuration of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to the present invention is the optical reconfigurable logic circuit according to any one of the fourth to sixth configurations, wherein the circuit configuration signal output from the configuration information input circuit is a variable logic configuration variable.
- a pass transistor control means for performing control to maintain the parasitic capacitance (hereinafter referred to as “output capacitor”) of the input circuit of the logic configuration variable circuit connected to the line or the circuit configuration signal transmission line.
- the circuit configuration signal is held in the output capacitor during a period in which the circuit configuration information of the input capacitor is updated by the preset and irradiation input of the optical signal (hereinafter, referred to as “refresh period”). By doing so, it is possible to maintain and execute the logic configuration of the logic configuration variable circuit even during the refresh period.
- the element added to the configuration information input circuit is a path. Since only transistors are used, the mounting area is small This makes it possible to perform a game.
- the pass transistor control unit is charged to the preset voltage by the preset control after the irradiation of the optical signal.
- the control is performed such that the pass transistor is turned on and the pass transistor is turned off during the irradiation of the optical signal.
- An eleventh configuration of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to the present invention is the optical reconfigurable logic circuit according to any one of the fourth to tenth configurations, wherein the optical signal including the logic circuit configuration information is supplied to the configuration information input circuit.
- Light signal input means for irradiating light, and the illumination control means controls selection of the light signal output from the light signal input means and on / off of irradiation.
- the optical signal input unit performs an operation of repeatedly updating the logic circuit configuration information while selecting an optical signal, thereby realizing an optically reconfigurable logic circuit in which the logic configuration changes dynamically. can do.
- the eleventh configuration in the eleventh configuration, at least two of the logic configuration variable circuits have a common input / output terminal of a logic variable.
- the optical signal input means is capable of independently inputting an optical signal including logic circuit configuration information to the configuration information input circuit corresponding to each of the logic configuration variable circuits.
- the open collector circuit provided at the output stage of the logic configuration variable circuit and at least one of the logic configuration variable circuits connected in parallel correspond to the logic configuration variable circuit. While switching so that the optical signal is not irradiated to the configuration information input circuit, the optical signal input is performed so that an optical signal including the same logic circuit configuration information is input to each of the logic configuration variable circuits.
- the photoconductive device in any one of the first to fifth configurations, is a photodiode that is reverse-biased.
- the information input circuit is characterized in that the logic circuit configuration information is held as electric charges by an input capacitor composed of a junction capacitance and a stray capacitance of the photodiode.
- the mounting area of the photoconductive device can be particularly reduced, and the mounting area of the configuration information input circuit can be reduced.
- the configuration information input circuit has a configuration in which the logic circuit configuration information is held by the input capacitor composed of the junction capacitance and the stray capacitance of the photoconductive device.
- the mounting area and power consumption of the information input circuit can be significantly reduced. As a result, the mounting area of the optical circuit is reduced, and a high gate density can be realized.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of an entire optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a variable logic configuration circuit.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a logical block in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a switching matrix shown in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of a configuration information input circuit.
- FIG. 6 is a timing chart illustrating an operation of the configuration information input circuit.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an output holding circuit.
- FIG. 8 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the output holding circuit.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another configuration of the output holding circuit.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the entire optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an output circuit.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the entire optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to a third embodiment.
- FIG. 13 shows a configuration information input circuit displayed at a transistor level.
- (a) is the configuration information input circuit of FIG. 5A
- (b) is the configuration information input circuit according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a timing chart showing a schedule of the reconfiguration operation of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit and the execution of the logical configuration variable circuit according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a timing chart showing a schedule of a reconfiguration operation of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit and an execution of the logical configuration variable circuit according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is a circuit diagram of a dynamic optical reconfiguration array for performing a partial reconfiguration according to a third embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a timing chart without washing the operation schedule of the dynamic reconfiguration operation and the execution of the logical configuration variable circuit in the dynamic optical reconfiguration array of FIG. 16;
- FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an optically reconfigurable logic circuit.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration information input circuit in a conventional optically reconfigurable logic circuit.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the entire optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 includes an optical unit 2 (optical signal input means) and a VLSI unit 3.
- the optical unit 2 is a unit that outputs logic circuit configuration information as an optical signal.
- the VLSI unit 3 is a unit that constructs a logical configuration of an internal circuit based on the logical circuit configuration information included in the optical signal input from the optical unit 2 and performs an arithmetic process.
- the optical section 2 includes an optical memory 4 and an illuminating section 5.
- the optical memory 4 is a memory for optically storing logic circuit configuration information.
- the illuminating unit 5 includes a light emitting element that emits light for reading out the logic circuit configuration information stored in the optical memory 4.
- the light emitted from the illumination unit 5 (hereinafter, referred to as “reference light”) passes through the optical memory 4 and becomes an optical signal that is a pattern light including logic circuit configuration information. This optical signal is applied to the VLSI unit 3.
- optical memory 4 a hologram memory, a spatial light modulator (a liquid crystal spatial light modulator or the like) or the like is used.
- illumination unit 5 a semiconductor laser array or the like is used.
- the logic circuit configuration information read from the optical memory 4 is switched by changing the angle of the reference light emitted from the illumination unit 5 to the optical memory 4 or by spatially changing the optical modulation characteristics of the optical memory 4.
- the optical unit 2 is a conventional optical unit such as that described in Patent Documents 2, 4, 5, and the like. Since various types are known, detailed description is omitted here.
- the VLSI unit 3 includes a plurality of configuration information input circuits 6, a variable logic configuration circuit 7, input / output circuits 8, 9, an output holding circuit 10, a preset control unit 11, an illumination control unit 12, and a timer 13. You. These are mounted on one VLSI chip.
- the configuration information input circuit 6 includes a photodiode P, which is a type of photoconductive device. As will be described later, the photodiode P is reverse-biased and functions as a capacitor (hereinafter referred to as an “input capacitor” t) C that also has a parasitic capacitance (junction capacitance and stray capacitance).
- the configuration information input circuit 6 converts an optical signal emitted from the optical unit 2 into an electric signal by using a photodiode P. Then, the electrical signal including the logic circuit configuration information is temporarily held and output as a voltage signal. At this time, the logic circuit configuration information is held as an electric charge in the input capacitor C of the photodiode P. Then, the voltage between the terminals of the photodiode P is binarized and output by the high input impedance logic output circuit DIG (see FIG. 5).
- the logic configuration variable circuit 7 configures an internal logic circuit according to the logic circuit configuration information output from each configuration information input circuit 6. Then, the logic configuration variable circuit 7 executes a logic operation process by the configured logic circuit.
- each configuration information input circuit 6 and the logical configuration variable circuit 7 are separately illustrated, but physically, as described later, Each configuration information input circuit 6 is dispersedly incorporated in each part of the logic configuration variable circuit 7.
- the input / output circuits 8 and 9 are interfaces for controlling the input of a logical variable from an external circuit to the VLSI unit 3 and the output of the logical variable to the VLSI unit 3 external circuit.
- the output holding circuit 10 is a circuit for temporarily holding the output of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 while the logic of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 is being reconfigured.
- the preset control unit 11 outputs a preset signal nPRESET for presetting each configuration information input circuit 6 on an irregular basis.
- the time interval at which the preset control unit 11 outputs the preset signal nPRESET is at least as long as the electric charge charged in the input capacitor C of the photodiode P of each configuration information input circuit 6 is discharged (leak discharge) by the leak current.
- the voltage between the terminals of the photodiode P falls below the logic threshold of the logic output circuit DIG It is shorter than the time until.
- the time during which the preset signal nPRESET is output is set to about the saturation time of the input capacitor C of the photodiode P of each configuration information input circuit 6. These times are measured by the timer 13 (timing generation means). That is, the timer 13 measures the time for performing the preset, and outputs a preset timing signal to the preset control unit 11 periodically.
- the preset control section 11 outputs a preset signal nPRESET according to the preset timing signal.
- the decay time during which the voltage between the terminals of the photodiode P drops due to the leak discharge is as long as about several tens of milliseconds. Therefore, the time interval at which the preset control unit 11 outputs the preset signal nPRESET can be set to a sufficiently long time interval as compared with the time when the logical configuration variable circuit 7 performs the arithmetic processing for one task.
- the illumination control unit 12 controls the optical unit 2 so that the illumination unit 5 of the optical unit 2 outputs an optical signal for a predetermined time after the preset control unit 11 has finished outputting the preset signal nPRESET. .
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the logical configuration variable circuit 7.
- the logic configuration variable circuit 7 has a configuration similar to that of a general FPGA, except for an input portion of logic circuit configuration information.
- the logic configuration variable circuit 7 includes four IZO blocks 14, four logic blocks 15, five switching matrices 16, and connection wirings 17.
- a configuration information input circuit 6 is built in each part inside each logic block 15 and each switching matrix 16.
- the four ⁇ blocks 14 are circuits for allocating input variables to the logic configuration variable circuit 7 to the respective connection wirings 17 and allocating signals for outputting output variables of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 to external output lines. It is.
- the four logical blocks 15 are respectively arranged at the vertices of a square.
- the logic block 15 is a logic operation processing circuit that constructs a logic structure according to the logic circuit configuration information output from the configuration information input circuit 6.
- Each switching matrix 16 is arranged at the midpoint of the four sides of the rectangle surrounding the four logic blocks 15, and at the center of the rectangle. Also, between each switching matrix 16, each switching matrix 16 and each logic block 15, and each logic block 15 are connected by a plurality of connection wires 17.
- the switching matrix 16 is a switch circuit that switches the connection direction of the connection wiring 17 in accordance with the logic circuit configuration information output from the configuration information input circuit 6.
- IZO blocks 14 are provided corresponding to the four switching matrices 16 located at the midpoints of the four sides of the square surrounding the four logical blocks 15, respectively. Each of these four switching matrixes 16 is connected to a corresponding IZO block 14 by a plurality of connection wires 17. Then, through these IZO blocks 14, input and output of logical variables to and from an external circuit are performed.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the logical block 15 in FIG.
- the logic block 15 shown in this example includes four input variable selection circuits 18, a lookup table 19, a D flip-flop (hereinafter, referred to as “DFF”) 20, an output variable selection circuit 21, and eight output wiring selection circuits.
- DFF D flip-flop
- a circuit 22 and a clear signal selection circuit 23 are provided.
- Each input variable selection circuit 18 has five input lines, each connected to a different connection wiring 17, and two input lines to which logic 0 and logic 1 are input. It consists of a multiplexer that selects one of the input lines.
- the input variable selection circuit 18 includes three configuration information input circuits 6. Each configuration information input circuit 6 outputs 1-bit logic circuit configuration information. The input variable selection circuit 18 selects one of the seven input lines according to the logic circuit configuration information output from each configuration information input circuit 6. The selected input linear force The input logical value is output to the output line.
- the look-up table 19 selects and outputs one of the 16-bit selected signals according to the 4-bit selection signal input from the four input variable selection circuits 18.
- the look-up table 19 includes 16 configuration information input circuits 6 and a multiplexer 19a for selecting one of the outputs of each configuration information input circuit 6.
- the 16 configuration information input circuits 6 each output a selected signal.
- the multiplexer 19a selects a signal to be selected according to a 4-bit selection signal input from the input variable selection circuit 18.
- the DFF 20 temporarily holds the output value of the lookup table 19. Lookup • The output value of Table 19 is input to the input terminal D of DFF20. DFF20 generates the look-up table 19 at the rise of the clock CLK input from the clock terminal. Capture and store output values. DFF20 outputs the held logic value from output terminal Q. The inverted value is also output from the output terminal nQ.
- the output variable selection circuit 21 is configured by a three-input one-output multiplexer. Two of the input terminals of the output variable selection circuit 21 are connected to the output terminals Q and nQ of the DFF20. The other one of the input terminals of the output variable selection circuit 21 is directly connected to the output terminal of the lookup table 19, bypassing DFF20.
- the output variable selection circuit 21 incorporates two configuration information input circuits 6. Then, according to the two-bit logic circuit configuration information output from the two configuration information input circuits 6, the output variable selection circuit 21 selects one of the inputs from the three input terminals and sends it to the output terminal. Output.
- the output value of the clear signal selection circuit 23 is input to the clear terminal CLR of the DFF 20.
- the clear signal selection circuit 23 includes a four-input one-output multiplexer. Two of the input terminals of the tally signal selection circuit 23 are connected to different connection wirings 17, respectively. Logic 0 and logic 1 are input to the remaining two of the input terminals of the clear signal selection circuit 23.
- the clear signal selection circuit 23 incorporates two configuration information input circuits 6. Then, according to the 2-bit logic circuit configuration information output from the two configuration information input circuits 6, the clear signal selection circuit 23 selects one of the inputs from the four input terminals and outputs it to the output terminal .
- the output wiring selection circuit 22 includes a plurality of tri-state buffers (tri-state buffers) 22a provided in one-to-one correspondence with the respective connection wirings 17. Also, a configuration information input circuit 6 is provided in one-to-one correspondence with each tristate 'buffer 22a. The output of each configuration information input circuit 6 is input to the strobe input terminal of the corresponding tristate 'buffer 22a. The output variable of the output variable selection circuit 21 is input to the data input terminal of each tristate 'buffer 22a. The data output terminal of each tri-state buffer 22a is connected to the corresponding connection wiring 17.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the switching matrix 16 of FIG.
- the switching 'matrix 16 is provided at a position where the connection wiring 17 crosses.
- a connection switching circuit 16a including six analog switches 16b is provided.
- the four connection wirings 17 connected to the connection switching circuit 16a can be connected to any two It is possible to divide each book into sets and connect the connection wires 17 of each set.
- a configuration information input circuit 6 is provided so as to correspond one-to-one with each analog switch 16b.
- the output of each configuration information input circuit 6 turns on and off the corresponding analog switch 16b.
- each logic block 15 and each switching matrix 16 connected by the connection wiring 17 form the logic configuration variable circuit 7. Then, by inputting an optical signal to the configuration information input circuit 6 built in these circuits, the logical configuration of the logical configuration variable circuit 7 can be changed.
- FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of the configuration information input circuit 6.
- the configuration information input circuit 6 in FIG. 5A includes a photodiode P, a preset switching element M, and a logic output circuit DIG.
- a PN photodiode is used as the photodiode P.
- the photodiode P is reverse-biased.
- the anode of the photodiode P is grounded, and the power source is connected to the power supply via the preset switching element M.
- the photodiode P functions as an input capacitor C that also has a junction capacitance and a stray capacitance force.
- the preset 'switching element M is a normal PMOS transistor.
- the preset signal nPRESET from the preset control unit 11 is input to the gate of the preset 'switching element M.
- nPRESET is negative logic.
- a power supply voltage (preset voltage) Vc is applied to the force source of the photodiode P. If the light is not irradiated, when the power supply voltage Vc is applied, the input capacitor C of the photodiode P is charged.
- nPRESET is 1, the power source of the photodiode P is separated from the power supply.
- the logic output circuit DIG is a circuit that binarizes and outputs the binarized voltage by comparing the power source voltage of the photodiode P (that is, the voltage between the terminals of the photodiode P) with a predetermined threshold voltage.
- the threshold voltage is usually set to a value that is about half of the power supply voltage Vc.
- a normal inverter circuit is used as the logic output circuit DIG.
- the output of the logical output circuit DIG is output to each unit in the logical configuration variable circuit 7 as a circuit configuration signal CONFIG.
- FIG. 6 shows the configuration after presetting.
- FIG. 6B shows a case where an optical signal is not input to the configuration information input circuit 6 after presetting.
- the photodiode P is reverse-biased, and the junction capacitance increases due to the expansion of the depletion layer. Then, the input capacitor C is charged through the preset switching element M, and the voltage Vout at the anode of the photodiode P becomes the power supply voltage Vc. At this time, the circuit configuration signal CONFIG output from the logic output circuit DIG is preset to 0. Then, at time t, the preset signal nPRESET is negated.
- the power source of the photodiode P is disconnected from the power supply.
- the configuration information input circuit 6 shown in FIG. 5B is obtained by replacing the positions of the preset switching element M and the photodiode P in the configuration information input circuit 6 shown in FIG. 5A.
- the logic circuit configuration information input by the optical signal must be held in the input capacitor C of the photodiode P and output as the circuit configuration signal CONFIG. Can be.
- the circuit configuration signal CONFIG when an optical signal is input to the configuration information input circuit 6, the circuit configuration signal CONFIG is set to 0, and when no optical signal is input, The circuit configuration signal CONFIG is set to 1.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the output holding circuit 10.
- the output holding circuit 10 includes one DFF 25 for each output line OUT of the logical configuration variable circuit 7.
- the DFF 25 captures and holds the output value OUT of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 at the rise of the clock CLOCK.
- the DFF 25 outputs the held output value to the input / output circuit 9.
- the output holding circuit 10 is provided to prevent the output from becoming indefinite while the logic configuration variable circuit 7 reconfigures the logic structure of the internal circuit.
- optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below.
- the logical structure of the internal circuit of the logical configuration variable circuit 7 is constructed.
- the preset control unit 11 asserts the preset signal nPRESET for a certain period, and charges the input capacitor C of the photodiode P of each configuration information input circuit 6.
- the illumination control unit 12 controls the illumination unit 5 and irradiates the reference light from the illumination unit 5 to the optical memory 4 at a desired angle.
- the logic circuit configuration information recorded in the optical memory 4 is extracted as an optical signal.
- This optical signal is input to the photodiode P of each configuration information input circuit 6. In the photodiode P irradiated with light, the charge charged in the input capacitor C of the photodiode P is rapidly discharged as described above.
- the charge charged in the input capacitor C of the photodiode P is retained.
- Such an operation of reconstructing the logical structure of the internal circuit of the logical configuration variable circuit 7 is called a “refresh operation”.
- the refresh operation is completed immediately within one clock cycle.
- the logical configuration variable circuit 7 executes a logical operation process using the logical circuit.
- the photodiode P to which light has not been irradiated the photodiode P is gradually discharged by the charge force leak current charged in the input capacitor C of the photodiode P. Then, when a predetermined time elapses, the voltage between both terminals of the photodiode P becomes equal to or less than the logic threshold value of the logic output circuit DIG, and the logic circuit configuration information is lost. While pushing The state of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 is maintained until the logic circuit configuration information is lost due to the peak current.
- the above-described refresh operation is executed again, and the logic structure of the internal circuit of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 is reconstructed.
- the logical configuration variable circuit 7 is always maintained in a desired logical structure.
- the same logical circuit may be used before the electric charge of the input capacitor C is completely discharged. It is necessary to perform a refresh operation based on circuit configuration information. However, the period between refresh operations is relatively long, typically tens of milliseconds. Therefore, it is rarely necessary to perform a refresh operation based on the same logical circuit configuration information. Needless to say, such a refresh operation does not affect the use of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1. .
- the input capacitor C of the photodiode P is used without using a dedicated storage element, and the refresh operation is dynamically performed.
- the mounting area of the configuration information input circuit 6 that does not affect the operation of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 can be significantly reduced as compared with the conventional one.
- the VLSI chip of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 was designed using a 0.35 m CMOS standard process as shown in (Table 1). Core voltage and IZO cell voltage were unified to 3.3V.
- the cell size of the photodiode ⁇ was 25.5 mx 25.5 m, and the size of the cell including the preset 'switching element M and the logic output circuit DIG was 40.5 x 33. ⁇ ⁇ m.
- the photodiode P uses a pn photodiode and is configured between the N-well and the P substrate. Photodiode cells were arranged every 99 m in two dimensions. The total number of photodiodes P was 605.
- the mounting area I of the reconfigurable circuit is defined by (Equation 1).
- P represents the mounting area of the photodiode
- R represents the mounting area of other circuit components including flip-flops, latches, inverters, and other transistors.
- N represents the number of programming elements.
- the photodiode P is designed to have a large size in order to facilitate the alignment between the VLSI unit 3 and the optical unit 2. While with force, if Takamere alignment accuracy, the size is considered as possible out to be smaller than 25 m 2. At that time, since there is a relation of P ⁇ R, it is extremely important to reduce R to reduce the mounting area I.
- the mounting area of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 according to the present embodiment is reduced to 1 Z8 or less as compared with the conventional one. This size is very effective in increasing gate density.
- FIG. 6 is a timing chart showing the relationship between In FIG. 8, the reconstructed clock represents a clock input to the preset control unit 11, the illumination control unit 12, and the timer 13.
- the same clock CLOCK is used as the clock input to the output holding circuit 10 and the reconfigured clock.
- Variable circuit 7 is reconfigured from circuit A to circuit B. Thus, from time t to t,
- the output value OUT of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 is temporarily undefined.
- the output holding circuit 10 captures and holds the output value OUT of the variable logic configuration circuit 7 at the rising edge of the clock CLOCK, and outputs it to the input / output circuit 9. Therefore, at the rise of the clock CLOCK at the time, the output holding circuit 10 keeps outputting the value of the circuit A until the time t, while holding the output value of the circuit A. Then, at the rising edge of the clock CLOCK at time t, the output
- the holding circuit 10 holds the output value of the circuit B and outputs it. Thus, from time t to t
- the output value of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 is prevented from becoming uncertain.
- FIG. 7 an example in which a DFF 25 is used as the output holding circuit 10 is shown.
- a transmission gate 26 and a latch 27 as shown in FIG. 9 are used. May be configured.
- the extra memory function of the VLSI unit having the conventional ORGA or ODRGA has been eliminated. That is, the conventional ORGA or ODRGA has a memory function (the “memory function” here refers to a function of constantly storing information, not a function of temporarily storing information). And VLSI departments.
- the overlapping memory function of the VLSI section has been removed. Then, a method is employed in which the logical circuit configuration information input from the optical unit is temporarily held using the junction capacitance and the stray capacitance of the photodiode.
- the logic circuit configuration information held in the optical unit is repeated by repeating the refresh operation at a time interval shorter than the time during which the logical circuit configuration information held in the junction capacitance and the floating capacitance of the photodiode disappears due to the leak current.
- the configuration information is sequentially transferred to the VLSI unit to maintain the logic circuit configuration of the VLSI unit.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the entire optically reconfigurable logic circuit according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 ′ of the present embodiment is basically the same as the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 shown in FIG. 1, but the VLSI unit 3 has two similar configurations. It has logic configuration variable circuits 7a and 7b, and in addition to the output holding circuit 10, an output circuit 30 having an open collector circuit power is provided.
- the illuminating unit 5 can input an optical signal to each of the logic configuration variable circuits 7a and 7b independently. Further, the illumination control unit 12 may also be a reconfiguration control unit that controls the logic reconfiguration while switching so that only one of the logic configuration variable circuits 7a and 7b is irradiated with the optical signal at the same time. Function.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the output circuit 30.
- the logic configuration variable circuits 7a and 7b are connected in parallel so that the input / output lines for the logic variables are common.
- the output circuit 30 includes an open-collector circuit 31 for each output line of the logic circuits 7a and 7b.
- the same logical circuit configuration information is input to the logical configuration variable circuits 7a and 7b, and the same logical configuration is constructed.
- the illumination control unit 12 when performing a refresh operation, the illumination control unit 12 first performs control for inputting an optical signal from the optical unit 2 to the logical configuration variable circuit 7a. At this time, since no optical signal is input to the logical configuration variable circuit 7b, the original logical configuration is maintained. Therefore, while the logic circuit of the logic configuration variable circuit 7a is being constructed, the output value of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 'is guaranteed by the logic configuration variable circuit 7b.
- the illumination control unit 12 uses the optical unit 2 to input an optical signal of the same logic circuit configuration information to the logic configuration variable circuit 7b. And control for reconfiguring the logic circuit of the logic configuration variable circuit 7b.
- the logic configuration variable circuit 7a is in a state of maintaining the newly constructed logic configuration. Therefore, while the logic circuit of the logic configuration variable circuit 7b is being constructed, the output value of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 'is guaranteed by the logic configuration variable circuit 7a. It is.
- the open 'collector circuit 31 is provided at the output stage of the logical configuration variable circuits 7a and 7b, and at the time of the refresh operation, one of the logical configuration variable circuits is used.
- the open 'collector circuit 31 is provided at the output stage of the logical configuration variable circuits 7a and 7b, and at the time of the refresh operation, one of the logical configuration variable circuits is used.
- the refresh operation is switched by using the two logic configuration variable circuits 7a and 7b.
- the refresh operation is performed by using three or more logic configuration variable circuits. You can switch.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the entire optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 according to the third embodiment.
- the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 of the present embodiment is different from the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 of the first embodiment (see FIG. 1) in that the output holding circuit 10 is omitted.
- a logic configuration variable circuit 7 ' is replaced by a logic configuration variable circuit 7 ', and a path transistor control unit 40 is newly added, and other configurations are the same.
- the logical configuration variable circuit 7 ' has the same configuration as that described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4, but the configuration of the configuration information input circuit 6 (FIG. 5) is different from that of the first embodiment.
- FIG. 13 shows the difference between the configuration of the configuration information input circuit 6 of the first embodiment and the configuration of the configuration information input circuit 6 of the third embodiment.
- FIG. 13A shows the configuration information input circuit 6 of FIG. 5A at the transistor level.
- the reference numerals of the circuit elements correspond to those in FIG.
- the left side of the dashed line at the center represents the configuration information input circuit 6, and the right side of the dashed line represents the variable logic configuration circuit 7 (gate array circuit).
- the input buffer 41 is shown for the logic configuration variable circuit 7, and other parts are omitted.
- the logic output circuit DIG is configured by a normal inverter circuit including two PMOSs.
- the configuration information of the variable logic configuration circuit 7 is stored in the input capacitor C that is the junction capacitance of the photodiode P.
- the minimum components of the configuration information input circuit 6 in Fig. 13 (a) are the photodiode P and the preset 'switching element M only (logic output The power circuit DIG may be added as needed. Therefore, there is an advantage that an optically reconfigurable logic circuit having a large number of gates can be easily manufactured.
- the reconfiguration procedure of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 according to the first embodiment using the configuration information input circuit 6 of FIG. 13A is as follows. First, the preset signal nPRESET is asserted for a fixed time by the preset control unit 11, and the preset switching element M is turned on. As a result, the programming state of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 is cleared. After the junction capacitance of the photodiode P (that is, the input capacitor C) is completely charged, an optical signal is irradiated and input from the optical unit 2. Thereby, the circuit configuration information is written into each photodiode P, and the information is held in the input capacitor C.
- FIG. 14 is a timing chart illustrating the timing of the reconfiguration operation of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 and the execution of the logical configuration variable circuit 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 14, the logic circuit reconfiguration operation and the execution of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 are not performed in parallel. When the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 is applied to an application that is dynamically reconfigured, this overhead has a length that cannot be ignored.
- FIG. 13B shows the configuration information input circuit 6 according to the third embodiment at the transistor level.
- the left side of the center dashed line represents the configuration information input circuit 6, and the right side of the dashed line represents the logic configuration variable circuit 7 (gate array circuit).
- the logic configuration variable circuit 7 gate array circuit.
- the configuration information input circuit 6 of the present embodiment is characterized in that a pass transistor M2 is newly provided at the output stage of the logic output circuit DIG. .
- the pass transistor M2 cuts off the conduction Z of the circuit configuration signal transmission line 42 for outputting a circuit configuration signal from the configuration information input circuit 6 to the logical configuration variable circuit 7.
- a configuration enable signal (Configuration Enable signal) CE output from the no-transistor control unit 40 is input to the gate terminal of the pass transistor M2.
- the configuration information input circuit 6 according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 13 (b) transmits the previous circuit configuration signal to the circuit configuration signal transmission lines 42 to 42 while updating the circuit configuration signal of the input capacitor C.
- the parasitic capacitance at the input stage of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 to which the circuit configuration signal transmission line 42 is connected (hereinafter, referred to as “output capacitor C ′”) is held.
- the input stage of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 is usually composed of an inverter 'gate, NAND gate, transmission' gate, etc., and the output capacitor C 'of these input stages has a circuit configuration of the input capacitor C. It has enough capacity to hold the previous circuit configuration signal while updating the component signal. Therefore, after shutting off the pass transistor M2, the circuit configuration signal is held in the output capacitor C, and the logic configuration of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 can be maintained while the circuit configuration signal of the input capacitor C is updated.
- FIG. 15 is a timing chart showing the timing of the reconfiguration operation of the optically reconfigurable logic circuit 1 and the execution of the logical configuration variable circuit 7 according to the third embodiment.
- the configuration enable signal CE is asserted for a fixed time, so that the circuit configuration signal is changed to the logic configuration variable circuit 7 and the output capacitor C. 'Is entered.
- the norm width at which the configuration enable signal CE is asserted is set to be at least longer than the logic reconfiguration period of the logic configuration variable circuit 7.
- the reconstruction period is the sum of the pulse width of the preset nPRESET, the irradiation period of the optical signal, and the pulse width of the configuration enable signal CE.
- the circuit configuration information is held in the output capacitor C 'even during the optical signal irradiation period, so that the execution of the logic configuration variable circuit 7 and the optically reconfigurable logic circuit are performed. Since one reconfiguration operation can be performed in parallel, dynamic reconfiguration and gate array execution can be accelerated.
- the logic output circuit with pass transistor 43 is a combination of the logic output circuit DIG and the pass transistor M2 shown in FIG. 13B.
- the dynamic optical reconfiguration array a plurality of configuration information input circuits 6b are connected in parallel to one optical reconfiguration instruction circuit 6a.
- Each of the optical reconfiguration instruction circuits 6a and 6b has the same configuration as that shown in FIG.
- the preset signal nPRESET of the preset control section 11 is input to the preset switching element M of each optical reconfiguration instruction circuit 6a.
- each configuration information input circuit 6b The output of the logic output circuit 43 with a pass transistor of the optical reconfiguration instruction circuit 6a is input to the switching element M.
- the output of the logic output circuit with pass transistor 43 of each configuration information input circuit 6b is input to the logic configuration variable circuit 7 as a circuit configuration signal.
- the scheduling of the dynamic reconfiguration of the dynamic optical reconfiguration array for performing the partial reconfiguration and the execution of the logical configuration variable circuit 7 are as shown in FIG.
- an optical reconfiguration instruction circuit 6a is provided in each of the logic block 15, the switching matrix 16 and the IZO block 14 in FIG. 2, an optical reconfiguration instruction circuit 6a is provided.
- the preset signal nPRESET of each of the other configuration information input circuits 6b in each block is driven by the optical reconfiguration instruction circuit 6a of that block.
- an optical signal is input to the optical reconfiguration instruction circuit 6a of the block to be reconfigured.
- the circuit of the block including the optical reconfiguration instruction circuit 6a irradiated with the optical signal is reconfigured.
- the circuit of the reconfigured gate array is executed. In this way, the operation for each block can be executed in a pipeline as shown in FIG.
- the present invention is useful in various electric equipment industries as a programmable logic circuit whose logic configuration can be optically rewritten.
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