Patent ID: 6310880
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
A telecommunications subsystem comprising:an input port for receiving a stream of information;a plurality of output ports, a selected one of said output ports transmitting said stream of information received by said input port to a next node in a telecommunications network; anda content addressable memory for storing a translation table, said translation table containing information for selecting said selected one of said output ports, comprising:a plurality of conductors;a plurality of memory cells each having a first transistor for exchanging charge between a first one of said conductors and a storage element and a second transistor for exchanging charge between said storage element and a second one of said conductors; anda comparator circuitry for comparing data presented on a selected pair of said plurality of conductors with data stored on said storage elements of a corresponding pair of said memory cells and selectively pulling-down a voltage on an associated matchline.