Static information storage and retrieval – Associative memories – Ferroelectric cell
Patent
1978-03-02
1979-06-26
Fears, Terrell W.
Static information storage and retrieval
Associative memories
Ferroelectric cell
365230, G11C 1300, G11C 1500
Patent
active
041595386
ABSTRACT:
An associative memory system in large-scale-integrated semiconductor technology comprises word-organized and bitwise maskable fully associative memory devices which can be arranged in a memory array with a plurality of rows and columns and a control unit for determining and evaluating match information and for handling data transfer via the system interface. A minimum number of package pins for the memory devices is achievable in that in a manner known per se the word address as well as the operation instruction are fetched in coded form and are decoded internally, the input data, output data and mask information share the use of the same package pins, the match information available internally by virtue of a search operation not being indicated parallel, but in the form of a sequence of match codewords externally emitted, each codeword unambiguously identifying a specific match position and the order of emission being controlled by a priority scheme. The circuit arrangement within the memory devices is such that the information applied to the address inputs in case of a write or read operation is interpreted as a local address and also is passed on to the match outputs, but serves as a threshold value in the event of an associative search operation for the purpose of masking the matches already signalled externally, i.e. of precluding them from further indications, in their place the number of that respective match being passed to the match outputs as codeword which of the not yet signalled ones has the highest priority.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3354436 (1967-11-01), Winder
patent: 3533085 (1970-10-01), Murphy
patent: 3685020 (1972-08-01), Meade
Fears Terrell W.
Smith, Jr. John C.
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