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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2023
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A Content Addressable Memory (CAM) array includes a first and a second cell structure sharing a cell boundary. The first cell structure includes a first storage circuit and a first comparator circuit, the first comparator circuit includes a first transistor having a gate, a drain, and a source. The second cell structure includes a second storage circuit and a second comparator circuit, the second comparator circuit includes a second transistor having a gate, a drain, and a source. The CAM array further includes a first shared source contact landing on the source of the first transistor and the source of the second transistor. The first shared source contact connects the source of the first transistor to the source of the second transistor. And the first shared source contact extends across the shared cell boundary from the first cell structure to the second cell structure.