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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Noriaki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Odagiri, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Takeshita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Uyama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
365 49 ; 36518901 ;
Abstract
A CAM device has an HIT flag cell and a word select separation circuit, with data being stored in a plurality of CAM cells. The HIT flag cell then stores whether or not data stored in the CAM and inputted words (data) coincide. The word select separation circuit the detects the lowest address values corresponding to words within coinciding words and then sequentially resets HIT flag cells storing the coinciding of words.