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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Varadarajan Srinivasan, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Bindiganavale S. Nataraj, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sandeep Khanna, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Varadarajan Srinivasan, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Bindiganavale S. Nataraj, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sandeep Khanna, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Netlogic Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2006.01); G11C 15/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/24 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2013.01); G11C 15/04 (2013.01); G11C 29/24 (2013.01); G11C 29/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CAM device includes a CAM array that can implement column redundancy in which a defective column segment in a selected block can be functionally replaced by a selected column segment of the same block, and/or by a spare column segment of the same block.