Patent ID: 11955202
Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A multilevel content addressable memory (MCAM), comprising:
an input encoder, configured to receive an input search word;
a memory array, comprising a plurality of NAND strings, each of which is configured to store a stored word, wherein each of the stored words and the input search word is converted from a multilevel-bit binary data into a digital string data, if a decimal value of the multilevel-bit binary data is an exact value, a number of an indicating bit in the digital string data is the exact value, a length of the digital string data is equal to or larger than a highest decimal value of the multilevel-bit binary data; and
an output encoder, configured to receive a plurality of comparison results from the NAND strings.