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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
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 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of placing a content addressable memory (CAM) into a low current state is disclosed. The CAM can include at least one storage location that does not store valid data for a compare operation and includes a plurality of CAM cells, each CAM cell having at least two data controllable impedance paths arranged in parallel with one another. The method can include configuring the majority of the CAM cells to store data values that maintain the corresponding at least two data controllable impedance paths in high impedance states.