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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2014
Applicant:

Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Mihoko Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 15/00 (2013.01); G11C 15/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A content addressable memory device capable of making simultaneous pursuit of low power consumption and speeding up is provided. A match amplifier A determines coincidence or non-coincidence of search data and data stored in a content addressable memory in an entry of a memory array A, according to a voltage of a match line MLA. A match amplifier B determines coincidence or non-coincidence of search data and data stored in a content addressable memory in an entry of a memory array B, according to a voltage of a match line MLB. A block-B control circuit directs to start searching in the memory array B after two cycles after searching has been started in the memory array A. A block-B activation control circuit directs to stop searching in the memory array B according to a voltage of the match line MLA after searching in the memory array A.


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