Match line sense amplifiers with positive feedback for low-power content addressable memories

Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 297-300

  Mohan, N ^a   Fung, W ^a   Wright, D ^a   Sachdev, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FEEDBACK; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

MATCH LINE SENSE AMPLIFIERS; TERNARY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORIES (TCAM);

ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE;

EID: 39049114601     PISSN: 08865930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CICC.2006.320875     Document Type: Conference Paper

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