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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2010
Applicant:
Martin Fabry, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Martin Fabry, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Netlogic Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A content addressable memory (CAM) may include a plurality of precharge circuits, each coupled to a group of CAM cells and comprising a first precharge path that is temporarily enabled in response to an activated first control signal, and a second precharge path that is temporarily enabled in response to an activated second control signal and a valid indication that indicates whether or not the corresponding group of CAM cells stores valid data, the valid indication being different than the first and second control signals.