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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2005
Anoop Khurana, New Delhi, IN;
Rajiv Kumar, Noida, IN;
Anoop Khurana, New Delhi, IN;
Rajiv Kumar, Noida, IN;
STMicroelectronics Pvt. Ltd., Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Abstract
A low power content addressable memory system comprising an array of content addressable memory cells organized as a plurality of equal sized CAM cell groups, each CAM cell group having one or more CAM cells; a valid entry tag bit associated with each said content addressable memory cell; a match output generator connected to the output of each CAM cell and an enabling means having its first input connected to the valid entry tag bit, its second input connected to a match control signal and its output connected to the corresponding match output generator such that said match output generator is enabled only if said valid entry tag bit indicates a valid entry.