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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:
Dec. 28, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel R. Loughmiller, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/500 ; G11C 1/124 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/500 ; G11C 1/124 ;
Abstract
A content addressable memory (CAM) cell which has a split word line scheme and having binary and ternary storage capability. The cell has a pair of storage devices, a comparing circuit, a pair of memory access devices having gates controlled by respective word lines, a pair of bit lines for writing to and reading from the storage devices, or pair of search lines. Furthermore, the dynamic CAM cell utilizes a folded bit line architecture with a single sense amplifier sensing inputs from the pair of bit lines.