Memory devices and data structures including multiple configuration bitstreams for programming integrated circuits (ICs) such as programmable logic devices (PLDs), thereby enabling the utilization of partially defective ICs. A user design is implemented two or more times, preferably utilizing different...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7284229?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7284229 - Multiple bitstreams enabling the use of partially defective programmable integrated circuits while avoiding localized defects therein
