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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Frankie F. Roohparvar, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Micro Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
Content addressable memory (CAM) devices provide for high density, low cost CAM devices. CAM devices include a non-volatile memory array having a plurality of NAND memory cell strings, wherein a NAND memory cell string of the non-volatile memory array comprises a plurality of CAM memory cells, and wherein the CAM memory cells comprise non-volatile memory cells of a same NAND memory cell string. The CAM devices further include a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is adapted to search data words stored in the plurality of NAND memory cell strings for a match to at least a portion of an input data word.