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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
Applicants:
Young Seog Kim, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Kuoyuan Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jacklyn Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventors:
Young Seog Kim, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Kuoyuan Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jacklyn Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2006.01); G11C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory includes a plurality of content-addressable memory (CAM) cells and a summary circuit associated with the plurality of CAM cells. The summary circuit includes a first level of logic gates and a second level of logic gates. The first level of logic gates have inputs each configured to receive an output of a corresponding one of the plurality of CAM cell. The second level of logic gates have inputs each configured to receive an output of a corresponding one of the first level of logic gates.