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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:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alex E. Henderson, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Walter E. Croft, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fast-Chip, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/500 ;
Abstract
A content addressable memory device is provided which may include a novel CAM cell structure which reduces the total power dissipated by the CAM and improves the match time for the CAM. The novel CAM cell structure may include a CMOS implemented compare cell and a wide AND gate which combines the match decisions for each CAM cell into a match decision. The CAM cell structure may be implemented in a variety of different CAM devices, including dual port CAM devices, CAM devices with individual bit masking, event co-processors and database co-processors.
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