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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2010
Bindiganavale S. Nataraj, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vinay Iyengar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chetan Deshpande, San Jose, CA (US);
Sandeep Khanna, Los Altos, CA (US);
Bindiganavale S. Nataraj, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vinay Iyengar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chetan Deshpande, San Jose, CA (US);
Sandeep Khanna, Los Altos, CA (US);
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A content addressable memory (CAM) device includes a CAM array and a configuration circuit. The CAM array has a plurality of rows of CAM cells, each row segmented into a plurality of row segments, each row segment including a plurality of CAM cells coupled to a corresponding match line segment, and a match line control circuit having an input coupled to the corresponding match line segment, an output coupled to the match line segment in a next row segment, and a control terminal to receive a corresponding enable signal. The configuration circuit has an input to receive configuration information indicative of a width and depth configuration of the CAM array and having outputs to generate the enable signals.