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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Michael Edwin Ichiriu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Masaru Shinohara, Fremont, CA (US);
Yuefei GE, San Jose, CA (US);
Lan Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Edwin Ichiriu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Masaru Shinohara, Fremont, CA (US);
YueFei Ge, San Jose, CA (US);
Lan Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A content addressable memory (CAM) has a main array including a plurality of rows of CAM cells, one or more spare rows of CAM cells selectable to functionally replace defective rows of CAM cells in the main array, and a control circuit for disabling the defective rows by writing predetermined data to the defective rows of CAM cells.