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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:
Sep. 27, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ching-Lin Jiang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Information Technology, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365 49 ; 365156 ; 365190 ;
Abstract
A content addressable memory is provided that includes a memory cell and a first plurality of lines connected directly to the gates of access transistors to this memory cell. These access transistors are further connected to a second plurality of lines. The first and second plurality of lines each perform different functions during read, write, and comparison modes. In another embodiment of the present invention, p-channel transistors are used for a match transistor and its associated pass transistors.