Patent ID: 11894054
Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) comprising:
a first plurality of rows of memory cells configured to store a plurality of respective data inputs; and
a second plurality of rows of memory cells configured to store a plurality of respective masks; and

control circuitry configured to:
generate a first control signal configured to write a data input in a row of the first plurality of rows of memory cells in a first clock cycle, and
generate a second control signal configured to write a mask in a row of the second plurality of rows of memory cells in the first clock cycle, wherein the control circuitry is configured to generate the second control signal in response to an edge of the first control signal.