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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
N Bruce Threewitt, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365 49 ; 365182 ;
Abstract
A content-addressable memory cell and memory array are disclosed. Each cell comprises a random access memory storage component and a comparison component for performing the contact addressability function. In a disclosed CMOS embodiment, a DRAM cell and an exclusive-NOR gate are combined to form the CAM cell.