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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Igor Arsovski, Williston, VT (US);
Michael T. Fragano, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Thomas M. Maffitt, Burlington, VT (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) structure may activate individual groups of subarrays in the TCAM structure, during a non-search mode, at configurable intervals of time. The activating causes the TCAM structure to select locations and sequences in which subarrays of the TCAM structure are activated or deactivated. When activating, the TCAM structure is configured to perform a dummy search within the particular subarray. The activating reduces a change in current during transition between a search mode and the non-search mode.