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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2006
Applicants:
Tingjun Wen, Kanata, CA;
Tadeusz Kwasniewski, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Tingjun Wen, Kanata, CA;
Tadeusz Kwasniewski, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multi-functional match cell is responsive to first and second n-bit operands and configured so that the match cell operates as an n-bit range match cell when the first and second n-bit operands are equivalent, as an n-bit NOR-type CAM cell when the second n-bit operand is masked and as an n-bit NAND-type CAM cell when the first n-bit operand is masked, where 'n' is a positive integer greater than one.