Self-timed address decoder for register file and compare circuit of a multi-port cam

摘要

A circuit evaluates a plurality of data inputs, provides for stabilization of the evaluation, and then drives the evaluation from the circuit. The providing of the stabilization is performed by delaying an activation signal, which controls the evaluation circuitry. The activation signal may be either a clock signal or a reset signal. This circuit may be an address decoder that decodes certain ones of the address signals during the evaluation phase, and then drives the evaluation during the second phase.