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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Martin Fabry, Mountain View, CA (US);
Martin Fabry, Mountain View, CA (US);
Netlogic Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A content addressable memory (CAM) device can include a number of match lines, each coupled to a plurality of CAM cells. The CAM device also includes one or more one precharge circuits. Such a precharge circuit can have a first precharge path that couples a match line to a precharge voltage node in response the activation of a first control signal, and a second precharge path that couples the match line to the precharge voltage node in response to the activation of a second control signal. Prior to a compare operation leakage current through the CAM cells can prevented by disabling the precharge paths and isolating the CAM cells from a reference voltage (e.g., ground). The second control signal can be activated after the first control signal in a compare operation.