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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Chiaming Chai, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jeffrey Herbert Fischer, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Thai Thanh Phan, Cary, NC (US);
Chiaming Chai, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jeffrey Herbert Fischer, Cary, NC (US);
Michael Thai Thanh Phan, Cary, NC (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Power consumption in a Content Addressable Memory (CAM) circuit is reduced by use of a CAM circuit. According to one embodiment of the CAM circuit, the CAM circuit includes a plurality of match lines and match line restoration circuitry. The match line restoration circuitry is configured to prevent at least one of the match lines from being restored to a pre-evaluation state responsive to corresponding enable information.
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