Integrated circuit method and apparatus

摘要

An integrated circuit (IC) apparatus and method utilizes a first IC (111) having a plurality of voltage-tolerant interconnects (115) and a bus interface (113) that is arranged and constructed to receive data that controls the plurality of voltage-tolerant interconnects (115) and a second IC (111) that has a plurality of logic circuits (103 and 105) arranged and constructed to provide the data via a bus (109) to the first IC (111), and the second IC (111) has less voltage tolerance than the first IC (111). A third IC device having less voltage tolerance than the first IC (111) device may replace the second IC (111) and provide at least one different feature than is provided by the combination of the first IC (111) and the second IC (101).