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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Paul Brian Ripy, Laurens, SC (US);
Gary Jay Geerdes, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Paul Edwin O'connor, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Christophe Pierre Leroy, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Brian Ripy, Laurens, SC (US);
Gary Jay Geerdes, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Paul Edwin O'Connor, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Christophe Pierre Leroy, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tellabs Petaluma, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The power required to search a content addressable memory (CAM) is substantially reduced by forming the CAM to have a number of CAM banks with a corresponding number of power switches that control power to the CAM banks, and then controlling the power to search the CAM banks one at a time.