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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2004
Applicant:
Michael E. Ichiriu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Michael E. Ichiriu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A content addressable memory (CAM) device having a simultaneous write and compare function. The CAM device includes a plurality of rows of CAM cells, and match lines and word lines coupled to the rows of CAM cells. The CAM device further includes a plurality of switching circuits coupled to the word lines and the match lines, each switching circuit being adapted to selectively disable assertion of a match signal on a corresponding one of the match lines based, at least in part, on the state of a corresponding one of the word lines.