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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
Lan Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cong Khieu, San Jose, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit for comparing two digital words has a set of bit compare circuits that generate a set of compare signals. Each bit compare circuit receives a first bit from a first digital word and a corresponding bit from a second digital word and generates one compare signal that indicates a match between the first bit and the corresponding bit. In response to the set of compare signals, a composite match detector circuit generates a composite match signal. A last bit detector circuit generates a last bit signal that indicates a match between a last bit from the first digital word and a last bit from the second digital word. When the last bit signal is received, a match hit generator circuit generates a match hit signal based on the composite match signal and the last bit signal.