Memory device with in-memory searching (ims) cells and method of euclidean distance ims cell encoding

Abstract

A memory device includes first and second memory strings. The first memory string includes a first switch element and generates a first cell current signal. The second memory string comprising a second switch element and configured to generate a second cell current signal. The first and second switch elements operate as a first memory cell storing a first store bit, control terminals of the first and second switch elements receive first and second word line signals, respectively, the first and second word line signals carries a first input bit, and a summation of a current value of the first cell current signal and a current value of the second cell current signal is proportional to a square of a difference between a logic value of the first store bit and a logic value of the first input bit.