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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Roger Bettman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Eric H. Voelkel, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Roger Bettman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Eric H. Voelkel, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Netlogic Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) cell () can include two memory elements (-and-) with a single bit line (-and-) per memory element. A TCAM cell () can also include a compare stack () and two word lines (and) that can connect to each memory element (-and-). The memory elements (-and-) can include SRAM type memory cells with one of two data terminals connected to a pre-write potential (Vpre, which can be a ground potential, or the like). Write operations can include pre-setting the data values of memory elements (-and-) to the pre-write potential prior to providing write data via the bit lines (-and-).