IP Library Granted Patent US 7,545,660
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US 7,545,660 · App. 11/931,868 · Granted Jun 9, 2009

Method and apparatus for CAM with reduced cross-coupling interference

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Patent No.
US 7,545,660
App. No.
11/931,868
Granted
Jun 9, 2009
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method and apparatus for a CAM with reduced cross-coupling interference have been disclosed.

Claims (11)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a plurality of memory cells arranged in a row;

two or more match lines running substantially parallel to said row; and

means for connecting one or more of said plurality of memory cells arranged in said row to said two or more match lines.

2. An apparatus comprising:

a plurality of memory cells arranged in a row;

two or more match lines running substantially parallel to said row; and

means for connecting two or more subsets of said plurality of memory cells arranged in said row to said two or more match lines.

3. An apparatus comprising:

means for connecting memory cells in a row to two or more match lines; and

means for connecting said two or more match lines to one or more circuits.

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