| 摘要 |
A technique to pre-charge a CAM block array including a plurality of CAM blocks that is organized into at least one rectangular array having rows each having a plurality of CAM blocks, an associated GMAT line, an associated LMAT line, and a group of CAM cells. The pre-charge technique of the present invention accommodates for all CAM block configurations without compromising performance at the cost of silicon area. In one example embodiment, this is accomplished by precharging each LMAT line in the CAM block array. A predetermined amount of delay is then applied substantially after precharging each LMAT line. Each GMAT line in the CAM block array is then precharged.
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