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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Noel Hatsch, Unterhaching, DE;
Winfried Kamp, München, DE;
Siegmar Köppe, München, DE;
Thomas Künemund, München, DE;
Heinz Söldner, Bruckmühl-Heufeldmühle, DE;
Michel D'argouges, München, DE;
Noel Hatsch, Unterhaching, DE;
Winfried Kamp, München, DE;
Siegmar Köppe, München, DE;
Thomas Künemund, München, DE;
Heinz Söldner, Bruckmühl-Heufeldmühle, DE;
Michel D'Argouges, München, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The present invention provides a CAM (content addressable memory) apparatus having: a first memory device () with a word line input (WL) and at least one storage node () for storing a first bit of a data word; a second memory device () with a word line input (WL) and at least one storage node () for storing a second bit of a data word; and a comparator device () for comparing the first and second stored bits with two precoded comparison bits fed via four inputs () and for driving a hit node () in the event of the first stored bit corresponding to the first comparison bit and the second stored bit corresponding to the second comparison bit.