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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2011
Applicant:
Dimitri Argyres, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dimitri Argyres, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Netlogic Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A CAM cell is disclosed that can be selectively configured to store either base-2 data words or base-3 data words. When configured to store base-3 data words, the quaternary CAM cell compares 3 comparand bits representative of a base-3 comparand value with the base-3 data value stored in the CAM cell. Storing base-3 data words in such CAM cells increases the data storage density of associated CAM arrays.