Granted Patent B1

US 7,522,438 · App. 11/931,573 · Granted Apr 21, 2009

Abstract

Claims (10)

1. A method comprising:

fabricating a plurality of memory cells in a row of a sub-array of a CAM; and

coupling less than all of said memory cells in said row of said sub-array of said CAM to a first sense amplifier; and

coupling any remaining cells of said memory cells in said row of said sub-array of said CAM to one or more sense amplifiers.

2. A method comprising:

fabricating a plurality of memory cells in a row of a sub-array of a CAM; and

coupling less than all of said memory cells in said row of said sub-array of said CAM to a first input of a multiple input match line sense amplifier.

3. A method for connecting cells in a row in a CAM sub-array to match lines, the method comprising:

separating a row match line into several submatch lines; and

coupling at least one of said several submatch lines to two or more sense amplifiers.

Assignments (10)