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Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2010
Applicant:

Naoya Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Naoya Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2006.01); G11C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2013.01); G11C 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a content addressable memory capable of higher frequency operation than conventional. When a search enable signal supplied from a search control circuit is asserted, each of search line drivers transfers search data to each CAM cell of a CAM memory array via a search line pair. The search line enable signal is transmitted to the search line drivers via a single control signal line coupled to the search control circuit. The control signal line is coupled to the search line drivers in such a manner that the search line enable signal passes through coupling nodes between the search line drivers and the control signal line in an arrangement order of the search line drivers from the side far away as viewed from match amplifiers.


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