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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2021
Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
I-Hao Chiang, Hsinchu, TW;
REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A masking circuit of a content addressable memory (CAM) includes a masking control circuit and a level control circuit. The masking control circuit generates a masking signal according to a word line (WL) signal and a write enablement (WE) signal. When both the WL and WE signals are at a first level, the masking signal is a first masking signal; when they are at different levels respectively, the masking signal is a second masking signal. The level control circuit generates a level control signal according to the masking signal for determining whether to pull a voltage level of a match line of the CAM to a predetermined level. When the masking signal is the first masking signal, the level control circuit pulls the voltage level to the predetermined level; and when the masking signal is the second masking signal, the level control circuit does not interfere in the voltage level.