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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2005
Chuen Der Lien, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Michael Miller, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chau-chin Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kee Park, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Yu-fan Chu, San Jose, CA (US);
Chuen Der Lien, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Michael Miller, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chau-Chin Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kee Park, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Yu-Fan Chu, San Jose, CA (US);
Integrated Device Technology. Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Search engine devices include a content addressable memory (CAM) core having a plurality of CAM array blocks therein and a control circuit. The control circuit, which is electrically coupled to the plurality of CAM array blocks, is configured to perform built-in self repair (BISR) of hard memory defects and/or compare logic defects in the plurality of CAM array blocks concurrently with operations to search entries in the plurality of CAM array blocks.