Low-power CAM

Details Low-power CAM Low-power CAM

2008-07-15

2008-07-15

Elms, Richard T. (Department: 2824)

Static information storage and retrieval

Associative memories

Flip-flop

C365S049170, C711S108000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07400520

ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, a CAM is provided that includes; a plurality of memory cells grouped to store a word, wherein the memory cells are organized into a plurality of ripple groups, each ripple group including a complex logic gate configured to determine whether a stored content for the ripple group's memory cells matches a corresponding portion of a comparand word if an enable input for the ripple group is asserted, each complex logic gate asserting an output if the determination indicates a match, the ripple groups being arranged from a first ripple group to a last ripple group such that the output from the first ripple group's complex logic gate functions as the enable input for a second ripple group's complex logic gate and so on such that an output from a next-to-last ripple group's complex logic gate functions as the enable input for the last ripple group's complex logic gate.

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