Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Analog content addressable memory for storing and searching arbitrary segments of ranges
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Application No.: US17326223Application Date: 2021-05-20
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Publication No.: US11551771B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: John Paul Strachan , Can Li , Catherine Graves
- Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
- Main IPC: G11C15/04
- IPC: G11C15/04 ; G11C27/00

Abstract:
Systems, devices, circuits, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media that enable storing and searching arbitrary segments of ranges of analog values are disclosed. Various analog content addressable memory (aCAM) circuit implementations having the capability to store and search outside of a range of values, within any of multiple disjoint ranges, or outside of multiple ranges are disclosed. The disclosed aCAM circuit implementations make searching for complex input features more flexible and efficient, thereby yielding a technological improvement over conventional solutions. In some implementations, an aCAM may include multiple pull-down transistors connected in series to a match line that is pre-charged, in which case, the aCAM detects a match if the match line is not discharged by the pull-down transistors, which occurs if at least one pull-down transistor is in an OFF state. In other implementations, an aCAM includes pass gates connected to a match line to detect a match.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220375536A1 ANALOG CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY FOR STORING AND SEARCHING ARBITRARY SEGMENTS OF RANGES Public/Granted day:2022-11-24
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