Match sensing using match-line stability in content-addressable memories (CAM)

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1972-1981

  Tyshchenko, Oleksiy ^b   Sheikholeslami, Ali ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAM; Content addressable memory; Match line power; Match line sensing; Search line driving; Search line pipelining; Search line power; Stability based sensing

Indexed keywords

CAM; CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE MEMORIES; CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE MEMORY; MATCH-LINE; MATCH-LINE POWER; MATCH-LINE SENSING; SEARCH-LINE DRIVING; SEARCH-LINE PIPELINING; SEARCH-LINE POWER; STABILITY-BASED SENSING;

EID: 52249099910     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2001932     Document Type: Article

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