Patent Publication Number: US-11397582-B2

Title: NAND type lookup-table hardware search engine

Description:
PRIORITY CLAIM 
     The present application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/304,607, filed Nov. 26, 2018, which claims the priority of a National Phase of International Application No. PCT/CN2017/117918, filed Dec. 22, 2017, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The invention belongs to the field of information technology, and relates to a hardware search engine. 
     BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY 
     TCAM (Ternary Content-Addressable Memory) is a high-speed hardware search engine, which is widely used in search-intensive operations, such as backbone/edge network routers in the Internet, to achieve routing table lookup and packet forwarding. 
     BiCAM (Binary CAM) can only store 1-bit data, i.e., 0 or 1. TCAM can store three values of 0, 1, and X, where X is a wildcard, which can represent 0 or 1. According to the working principle, match lines of TCAM are mainly divided into two types, NOR and NAND, as shown in  FIG. 1 . The match line is mainly composed of storage unit, match line ML, search line SL, comparator transistors M 1 -M 4 . The storage unit is 6-T SRAM units.  FIG. 1  omits 2-T read-write access transistors, the function description of TCAM unit circuit is shown in Table 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 1 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Encoding representation of TCAM unit circuit 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 NOR type TCAM unit 
                 NAND type TCAM unit 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Representation 
                 Node value 
                 Search value 
                 Representation 
                 Node value 
                 Search value 
               
               
                 value 
                 (D, D#) 
                 (SL, SL#) 
                 value 
                 (D, M) 
                 (SL, SL#) 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 0 
                 (0, 1) 
                 (0, 1) 
                 0 
                 (0, 0) 
                 (0, 1) 
               
               
                 1 
                 (1, 0) 
                 (1, 0) 
                 1 
                 (1, 0) 
                 (1, 0) 
               
               
                 X 
                 (1, 1) 
                 (0, 0) 
                 X 
                 (0, 1) 
                 (1, 1) 
               
               
                 reserved 
                 (0, 0) 
                 (1, 1) 
                 X 
                 (1, 1) 
                 (1, 1) 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The NOR type TCAM word circuit is composed of NOR type TCAM units connected in parallel. The NAND type TCAM word circuit is composed of NAND type TCAM units connected in series. As seen from  FIG. 2 , the NOR type match line structure is to connect the match line ML of NOR type TCAM uints in parallel, while the NAND type match line is to connect the NAND type TCAM units in serial. The TCAM is composed of an array of word circuits, a decoder and a priority encoder, as seen from  FIG. 3 . When TCAM works, all the word circuits are activated at the same time, resulting in high power consumption of TCAM. A typical TCAM chip consumes power of about 25 watts. How to reduce power consumption without affecting the search speed is a major research direction for domestic and foreign scholars. 
     In 2007, N. Mohan et al. proposed a NOR type TCAM unit structure with low parasitic capacitance (see [1] N. Mohan, et al., “Low-capacitance and charge-shared match lines for low-energy high-performance TCAMs,” IEEE JSSC, Vol. 42, No. 9, PP. 2054-2060, September 2007.), as shown in  FIG. 4 . The match line ML connects only one transistor M 1 , while the ML of the traditional 16T NOR type TCAM unit (see  FIG. 1 ( a ) ) connects two transistors M 1  and M 2 . The parasitic capacitance is reduced, the power consumption is reduced, and the speed of the circuit is accelerated. 
     Inventors continue to study on this circuit and find that if TCAM unit Tcells are combined every 2 tow and optimized to form a new circuit unit TL-Tcell, the match line&#39;s parasitic capacitance can be reduced by half, the probability of the search line flipping power consumption can be reduced by half, and the search performance can be greatly improved. The data stored in the TL-Tcell unit needs to be processed from the TCAM. 
     SUMMARY 
     In order to reduce the parasitic capacitance of match lines, reduce the power consumption probability of the search lines inversion and improve the searching performance, the present invention proposes the following scheme: a lookup-table TL-TCAM hardware search engine, including a SL decoder and a TL-TCAM array, the data stored in the TL-TCAM hardware search engine is obtained by looking up table of the data stored in the corresponding TCAM hardware search engine, the decoder is configured to decode the search word and send the search word to TL-TCAM hardware search engine array, the decode is used to convert the search word SL corresponding to the data in the TCAM hardware search engine table to a search word LSL corresponding to the TL-TCAM hardware search engine table data. 
     Advantageous Effects: The present invention can reduce the parasitic capacitance of the match line, reduce the power consumption possibility of the search line inversion, and improve the searching performance. The data stored in the TL-Tcell unit needs to be obtained by looking up table from TCAM. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram of the TCAM unit, wherein:  FIG. 1( a )  is NOR type TCAM unit,  FIG. 1 ( b )  is NAND type TCAM unit; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic structural diagram of the TCAM word circuit, wherein:  FIG. 2( a )  is NOR type match line,  FIG. 2 ( b )  is NAND type match line; 
         FIG. 3  is a simple CAM block diagram. 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic structural diagram of a low parasitic capacitance TCAM. 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram showing an example of data interchanging between TCAM and TL-TCAM. 
         FIG. 6  is a circuit block diagram of the TL-TCAM hardware search engine. 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic diagram of the unit circuit of the NOR type TL-TCAM hardware search engine. 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic diagram of the unit circuit of the NAND type TL-TCAM hardware search engine. 
         FIG. 9  is a schematic diagram of the word circuit of of the NOR type TL-TCAM hardware search engine. 
         FIG. 10  is a schematic diagram of the word circuit of of the NAND type TL-TCAM hardware search engine. 
         FIG. 11  is a schematic diagram of table division of the TCAM hardware search engine. 
         FIG. 12  is a schematic diagram of table division of TL-TCAM hardware search engine. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED EMBODIMENTS 
     The present invention defines or translates some terms used in it: TCAM (Ternary Content-Addressable Memory) is a hardware search engine; TL-TCAM is an improved hardware search engine of the present invention. 
     In one example, a lookup-table type TL-TCAM hardware search engine includes a SL decoder, a TL-TCAM array, wherein the data stored in the TL-TCAM hardware search engine is obtained by looking up table of the data stored in the corresponding TL-TCAM hardware search engine, and the decoder is configured to decode the search word and send the search word to the TL-TCAM array, the decode is to convert the search word SL corresponding to the data in the TCAM hardware search engine table to a search word LSL corresponding to the TL-TCAM hardware search engine table data. 
     In one embodiment, the data stored in the TL-TCAM hardware search engine is obtained by looking up table of the data stored in the corresponding TCAM hardware search engine, and the data of the TCAM hardware search engine is obtained by mapping data stored in TL-TCAM hardware search engine: Thus, the following embodiment will specifically clarify the data conversion mode of TL-TCAM hardware search engine of the present invention and the existing TCAM hardware search engine: 
     Each bit in the TCAM hardware search engine table (named as T-bit) is ternary, which can be 0, 1, and X. In circuit implementation, it is actually composed of 2 bit SRAM, namely T-bit=(SRAM 1 , SRAM 2 ), e.g., 0=(0, 1), 1=(1, 0), X=(0, 0). 
     The TL-TCAM hardware search engine divides TCAM table evenly, every two T-bits form a group (T_block) in each word circuit (one row is called a word circuit), as shown in  FIG. 11 . Note that each T-bit here is ternary. 
       FIG. 11  shows the way to split the TCAM hardware search engine table. In the word circuit, every two T-bits form a group T_block. T-bit is ternary, i.e., T-bit=(SRAM 1 , SRAM 2 ). 
     Then convert each T_block to TL_block of TL-TCAM, as shown in  FIG. 12 . Note that each B-bit here is binary. 
       FIG. 12  shows an example of the content of a TL-TCAM hardware search engine table. The size of each block TL_block is 1 row×4 columns, where B-bit is binary. Therefore, the storage capacity of T_block and TL_block is same. 
     The main operations of the conversion are as follows: 
     Perform the following operations for each T_block: 
     Using 00 to perform lookup table operation in T_block and the result of whether match is taken as the first binary bit B-bit value in TL_block (named as B-bit[ 1 ]). B-bit[ 1 ]=1 for “match”, otherwise B-bit[ 1 ]=0. 
     Using 01 to perform lookup table operation in T_block and the result of whether “match” is taken as the second binary bit B-bit value in TL_block (named as B-bit[ 2 ]). B-bit[ 2 ]=1 for “match”, otherwise B-bit[ 2 ]=0. 
     Using 10 to perform lookup table operation in T_block and the result of whether “match” is taken as the third binary bit B-bit value in TL_block (named as B-bit[ 3 ]). B-bit[ 3 ]=1 for “match”, otherwise B-bit[ 3 ]=0. 
     Using 11 to perform lookup table operation in T_block and the result of whether “match” is taken as the fourth binary bit B-bit value in TL_block (named as B-bit[ 4 ]). B-bit[ 4 ]=1 for “match”, otherwise B-bit[ 4 ]=0. 
     The pseudo code for conversion from TCAM to TL-TCAM is described as follows: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 TCAM block(T_block) --&gt; TL-TCAM block 
               
               
                 (TL_block) conversion pseudo code 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Input: T-bit::Ternary value in T_block 
               
               
                   
                 Output: B-bit::Binary value in corresponding TL-block. 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 1: 
                 B-bit[1] = (00 match T-bit[0:1]) ? 1: 0; 
               
               
                   
                 2: 
                 B-bit[2] = (01 match T-bit[0:1]) ? 1: 0; 
               
               
                   
                 3: 
                 B-bit[3] = (10 match T-bit[0:1]) ? 1: 0; 
               
               
                   
                 4: 
                 B-bit[4] = (11 match T-bit[0:1]) ? 1: 0; 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     It should be noted that since one ternary bit of TCAM is actually composed of 2 bits SRAM, the transformation from TCAM to TL-TCAM does not cause any additional bit increase, i.e. no additional area increase. 
     Conversely, the data in the table of TL-TCAM hardware search engine can be converted into data in the table of TCAM hardware search engine. 
     The main process of conversion is as follows: 
     Perform the following operations for each TL_block: 
     Generate two data A and B, where A is “OR” value of the first and the second column of TL_block, and B is “OR” value of the third and the fourth column of TL_block. 
     IF {A, B}=11, the value of the first column of the TCAM table T-bit[ 1 ]=X; 
     IF {A, B}=10, the value of the first column of the TCAM table T-bit[ 1 ]=0; 
     IF {A, B}=01, the value of the first column of the TCAM table T-bit[ 1 ]=1; Regenerate two data M and N, where M is “OR” value of the first and the third column of TL_block, and N is “OR” value of the second and the fourth column of TL_block. 
     IF {M, N}=11, the value of the second column of the TCAM table T-bit[ 2 ]=X; 
     IF {M, N}1=10, the value of the second column of the TCAM table T-bit[ 2 ]=0; 
     IF {M, N}=01, the value of the second column of the TCAM table T-bit[ 2 ]=1; 
     The pseudo code of table data conversion from TL-TCAM to TCAM is as follows: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 TL-TCAM block (TL_block)→TCAM block 
               
               
                 (T_block) conversion pseudo code 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Input: B-bit::Binary value in TL_block. 
               
               
                   
                 Output: T-bit::Ternary value in corresponding T_block. 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                  1: 
                 A=B-bit[1] + B-bit[2] ; 
               
               
                   
                  2: 
                 B=B-bit[3] + B-bit[4] ; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                  3: 
                 case ({A,B}) 
                 11: T-bit[1]= X; 
               
               
                   
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                 10: T-bit[1]= 0; 
               
               
                   
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                  01: T-bit[1]= 1; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                  6: 
                 end case 
               
               
                   
                  7: 
                 M=B-bit[1] + B-bit[3] ; 
               
               
                   
                  8: 
                 N=B-bit[2] + B-bit[4] ; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                  9: 
                 case({M,N}) 
                  11: T-bit[2]= X; 
               
               
                   
                 10: 
                   
                  10: T-bit[2]= 0; 
               
               
                   
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                   01: T-bit[2]= 1; 
               
               
                   
                 12: 
                 end case 
               
               
                   
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
       FIG. 5  shows the example of data conversion between different hardware search engines. 
     In one example, as can be seen from the circuit of the TL-TCAM hardware search engine in  FIG. 6 , because the data in TL-TCAM hardware search engine is converted from the TCAM hardware search engine, the search word SL sent to the TL-TCAM array needs to be decoded. T_block corresponding to TCAM hardware search engine, the search line SL is decoded every 2 bits. 
     The TL-TCAM array is mainly composed of word circuits of TL-TCAM hardware search engine. Each word circuit is mainly composed of many NOR type TL-TCAM hardware search engine units (NOR TL-Tcells) connected in parallel on the match line ML, or many NAND type TL-TCAM hardware search engine units (NAND TL-Tcells) connected in serial, TL-Tcells are connected to the decoder by search data lines and global mask lines. 
     In one example, the function pseudo code of the SL decoder is described as follows: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                 SL decoder funciton: 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
            
               
                 Input: SL[2n:2n+1]:: traditional TCAM SL value, ternary value for very bit 
               
               
                 output: LSL_00, LSL_01, LSL_10, LSL_11, GLX, GLX_h :: local TL-TCAM SL 
               
               
                 value, binary value for every bit 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                  1: 
                 if(SL[2n:2n+1]={X,X}) : //two global X 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
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                 LSL_00=LSL_01=LSL_10=LSL_11=0; 
               
               
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                 GLX=1;GLX_h=1; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
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                 else If ( (SL[2n:2n+1]={X,0}) or ((SL[2n:2n+1]={X,1}) 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
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                 or (SL[2n:2n+1]={0,X}) or ((SL[2n:2n+1]={1,X}) ) : //only one global X 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
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                 LSL_00=( (SL[2n:2n+1]={0,X}) or (SL[2n:2n+1]={X,0}) ) ? 1:0; 
               
               
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                 LSL_01=( (SL[2n:2n+1]={0,X}) or (SL[2n:2n+1]={X,1}) ) ? 1:0; 
               
               
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                 LSL_10=( (SL[2n:2n+1]={1,X}) or (SL[2n:2n+1]={X,0}) ) ? 1:0; 
               
               
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                 LSL_11=( (SL[2n:2n+1]={1,X}) or (SL[2n:2n+1]={X,1}) ) ? 1:0; 
               
               
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                  GLX=0;GLX_h=0; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
                 11: 
                  else //no global X 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
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                 LSL_00=(SL[2n:2n+1]={0,0})? 1:0; 
               
               
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                 LSL_01=(SL[2n:2n+1]={0,1} ? 1:0; 
               
               
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                 LSL_10=(SL[2n:2n+1]={1,0} ? 1:0; 
               
               
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                 LSL_11=(SL[2n:2n+1]={1,1} ? 1:0; 
               
               
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                  GLX=0;GLX_h=1; 
               
            
           
           
               
               
            
               
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                  end if 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The description of the decoder is described as follows: 
     (1) If there are two global X in SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1], ie {XX}, the search data line LSL_ 00 , LSL_ 01 , LSL_ 10 , LSL_ 11  are all zero, and the global mask lines GLX and GLX_h are both 1. 
     (2) If there is only one global X in SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1] (ie {0X}, {1X}, {X0}, {X1}), global mask line GLX and GLX_h are 0, and the true values of search data line LSL_ 00 , LSL_ 01 , LSL_ 10 , LSL_ 11  are shown in table 4: 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 4 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 LSL decoding true value table when only one 
               
               
                 global X in SL[2n: 2n + 1] 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 SL[2n: 2n + 1] 
                 LSL_00 
                 LSL_11 
                 LSL_10 
                 LSL_01 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 0X 
                 1 
                   
                   
                 1 
               
               
                 1X 
                   
                 1 
                 1 
               
               
                 X0 
                 1 
                   
                 1 
               
               
                 X1 
                   
                 1 
                   
                 1 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     (3) If there is no global X in SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]: 
     Global mask lines GLX and GLX_h are all 0; if SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]=00, the search data line LSL_00=1; If SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]=01, the search data line LSL_01=1; If SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]=10, the search data line LSL_10=1; If SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]=11, the search data line LSL_11=1. 
     The unit circuit of the TL-TCAM array (TL-TCAM array) can be divided into NOR and NAND type according to the circuit structure. 
     TL-TCAM array is mainly composed of TL-TCAM hardware search engine word circuit (TL-TCAM word) as shown in  FIG. 9 . For NOR type unit circuit, each word circuit is composed of many TL-TCAM hardware search engine units (TL-Tcell) in parallel on the match line ML. M is the storage unit B-bit of TL-TCAM, and M# represents the logical NOT of M. M=1 means match, M=0 means mismatch. As shown in  FIG. 7 , NOR TL-Tcell includes inverters T 1 ˜T 8 , NMOS transistors M 1 ˜M 4 , NMOS transistors N 1 ˜N 4 , search data line LSL_ 00 , LSL_ 01 , LSL_ 10 , LSL_ 11 , global mask lines GLX, GLX_h, local match lines LML, LMR, global match line ML; 
     The input terminal of inverter T 1  is connected to the output terminal of inverter T 2  as the data storage terminal M[ 1 ] of B-bit[ 1 ], the output terminal of inverter T 1  is connected to the input terminal of inverter T 2  as the logical “NOT” data storage terminal M[ 1 ]# of B-bit[ 1 ], and the M # terminal is the logical “NOT” of the M terminal; the source of MOS transistor M 1  is connected to the M[ 1 ]# terminal, and the gate of MOS transistor M 1  is connected to the search data line LSL_ 00 . and the drain of MOS transistor M 1  is connected to the local match line LML. 
     The input terminal of inverter T 3  is connected to the output terminal of inverter T 4  as the data storage terminal M[ 2 ] of B-bit[ 2 ], the output terminal of inverter T 3  is connected to the input terminal of inverter T 4  as the logical “NOT” data storage terminal M[ 2 ]# of B-bit[ 2 ], the M[ 2 ]# terminal is the logical “NOT” of M[ 2 ], the drain of MOS transistor M 2  is connected to the M[ 2 ]# terminal, and the gate of MOS transistor M 2  is connected to the search data line LSL_ 01 , and the source of MOS transistor M 2  is connected to the local match line LMR. 
     The input terminal of inverter T 5  is connected to the output terminal of inverter T 6  as the data storage terminal M[ 3 ] of B-bit[ 3 ], the output terminal of inverter T 5  is connected to the input terminal of inverter T 6  as the logical “NOT” data storage terminal M[ 3 ]# of B-bit[ 3 ], M[ 3 ]# is the logical “NOT” of M[ 3 ], the source of MOS transistor M 3  is connected to the M[ 3 ]# terminal, the gate of MOS transistor M 3  is connected to the search data line LSL_ 10 , and the drain of MOS transistor M 3  is connected to the local match line LMR. 
     The input terminal of inverter T 7  is connected to the output terminal of inverter T 8  as the data storage terminal M[ 4 ] of B-bit[ 4 ], the output terminal of inverter T 7  is connected to the input terminal of inverter T 8  as the logical “NOT” data storage terminal M[ 4 ]# of B-bit[ 4 ], M[ 4 ]# is the logical “NOT” of M[ 4 ], the drain of MOS transistor M 4  is connected to the M[ 4 ]# terminal, the gate of MOS transistor M 4  is connected to the search data line LSL_ 11 , the source of the MOS transistor M 4  is connected to the local match line LML. 
     The gate of MOS transistor N 1  is connected to the global mask line GLX, the source of MOS transistor N 1  is grounded, the drain of MOS transistor N 1  is connected to the match line LMR; the gate of MOS transistor N 3  is connected to the global mask line GLX_h, the source of MOS transistor N 3  is connected to the local match line LMR, and the drain of MOS transistor N 3  is connected to the local match line LML; the gate of MOS transistor N 2  is connected to the local match line LMR, the source of MOS transistor N 2  is grounded; the gate of MOS transistor N 4  is connected to the local match line LML, the source of MOS transistor N 4  is connected to the drain of MOS transistor N 2 , and the drain of MOS transistor N 4  is connected to the global match line ML. 
     The working principle of the NOR type unit circuit is as follows: 
     A. If there is no global X in SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]: 
     Global mask line GLX=0, GLX_h=1, NMOS transistor N 1  is OFF, NMOS transistor N 3  is ON, and the voltage of local match line LML equals to that of LMR; 
     According to the SL decoder, only one of the search data lines LSL_ 00 , LSL_ 01 , LSL_ 10 , LSL_ 11  is 1, and the corresponding M# (that is, the B-bit “NOT”) is sent; For example, SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]={0,0}, then LSL_00=1, M 1  is ON, “NOT” value of B-bit[ 1 ] is sent to LML. 
     If M#=0(M=1) is sent, the local match line LML=0 and LMR=0, NMOS transistor N 2  and N 4  are both OFF, and the search result of TL-Tcell is match. if the results of all TL-Tcell units in the word circuit are all match, the whole word circuits give a search result of match, since NMOS transistors N 2  and N 4  of all TL-Tcell are OFF, all the discharge channels of the global match line ML are OFF at this time; If M#=1(M=0) is sent, the local match line LML=1 and LMR=1, NMOS transistor N 2  and N 4  are both ON, and search result of TL-Tcell is mismatch, if at least one of the results of all TL-Tcells in the word circuit gives a result of mismatch, the whole word circuits give a search result of mismatch, since the NMOS transistors N 2  and N 4  of at least one of the TL-Tcells are both ON, at least one of discharge channels of the global match line ML is ON at this time. 
     B. If there is only one global X in SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]: 
     According to the decoder, the global mask line GLX=0, GLX_h=0, and the NMOS transistors N 1  and N 3  are all OFF, the local matching lines LML and LMR each has their own potential respectively; at the same time, it can be seen from table  7 , one of search data lines LSL_ 00  and LSL_ 11  must be selected, and one of search data lines LSL_ 01  and LSL_ 10  must be selected too, one of NMOS transistors M 1  and M 4  must be ON, and one of NMOS transistors M 2  and M 3  must be ON too; For example, if SL[ 2   n :  2   n+ 1]={0, X}, then LSL_ 00  and LSL_ 01  are selected (=1), M 1  and M 2  are ON, the value of B-bit [ 1 ]# is selected to LML, and the value of B-bit[ 2 ]# is selected to LMR, when at least one of local match lines LML and LMR is 0, at least one of NMOS transistors N 2  and N 4  is OFF, the pull down path of the global match line ML is OFF and the unit comparison result is match; only when local match line LML and LMR are both  1 , NMOS transistor N 2  and N 4  are both ON, the pull down path of the global match line ML is ON and the unit comparison result is mismatch. 
     C. If there are two global X in SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]: 
     According to the decoder, search data lines LSL_ 00 , LSL_ 01 , LSL_ 10  and LSL_ 11  are all 0. NMOS transistors M 1 , M 2 , M 3  and M 4  are all OFF; Global mask lines GLX=1, GLX_h=1, NMOS transistors N 1  and N 3  are ON, local match lines LML and LMR are both 0; NMOS transistors N 2  and N 4  are both OFF, the pull down path of the global match line ML is OFF and the unit comparison result is match. 
     The NAND type TL-TCAM array is mainly composed of NAND type TL-TCAM hardware search engine word circuit (NAND TL-TCAM word) (as shown in  FIG. 10 ), for the NAND type unit circuit, each word circuit is composed of many hardware search engine unit (TL-Tcells) connected in serial. M is the storage unit B-bit of TL-TCAM, and M# represents the logical NOT of M. M=1 means match, M=0 means mismatch. As shown in  FIG. 8 , NAND TL-Tcell includes inverters T 1 ˜T 8 , NMOS transistors M 1 ˜M 4 , NMOS transistors N 1 ˜N 4 , search data lines LSL_ 00 , LSL_ 01 , LSL_ 10 , LSL_ 11 , global mask lines GLX, GLX_h, local match lines LML, LMR, global match lines ML_L, ML_R; 
     The input terminal of inverter T 1  is connected to the output terminal of inverter T 2  as the data storage terminal M[ 1 ] of B-bit[ 1 ], the output terminal of inverter T 1  is connected to the input terminal of inverter T 2  as the logical “NOT” data storage terminal M[ 1 ]# of B-bit[ 1 ], and the M# terminal is the logical “NOT” of M terminal; the source of MOS transistor M 1  is connected to M[ 1 ] terminal, and the gate of MOS transistor M 1  is connected to the search data line LSL_ 00 , and the drain of MOS transistor M 1  is connected to the local match line LML; 
     The input terminal of inverter T 3  is connected to the output terminal of inverter T 4  as the data storage terminal M[ 2 ] of B-bit[ 2 ], the output terminal of inverter T 3  is connected to the input terminal of inverter T 4  as the logical “NOT” data storage terminal M[ 2 ]# of B-bit[ 2 ], M[ 2 ]# terminal is the logical “NOT” of M[ 2 ], the drain of MOS transistor M 2  is connected to M[ 2 ] terminal, and the gate of MOS transistor M 2  is connected to the search data line LSL_ 01 , and the source of MOS transistor M 2  is connected to the local match line LMR; 
     The input terminal of inverter T 5  is connected to the output terminal of inverter T 6  as the data storage terminal M[ 3 ] of B-bit [ 3 ], the output terminal of inverter T 5  is connected to the input terminal of inverter T 6  as the logical “NOT” data storage terminal M[ 3 ]# of B-bit [ 3 ], M[ 3 ]# is the logical “NOT” of M[ 3 ], the source of MOS transistor M 3  is connected to the M[ 3 ] terminal, and the gate of MOS transistor M 3  is connected to the search data line LSL_ 10 , and the drain of MOS transistor M 3  is connected to the local match line LMR; 
     The input terminal of inverter T 7  is connected to the output terminal of inverter T 8  as the data storage terminal M[ 4 ] of B-bit[ 4 ], the output terminal of inverter T 7  is connected to the input terminal of inverter T 8  as the logic “NOT” data storage terminal M[ 4 ]# of B-bit[ 4 ], M[ 4 ]# is the logic “NOT” of M[ 4 ], the drain of MOS transistor M 4  is connected to M[ 4 ] terminal, and the gate of MOS transistor M 4  is connected to the search data line LSL_ 11 , the source of the MOS transistor M 4  is connected to the local match line LML; 
     The gate of MOS transistor N 1  is connected to the global mask line GLX, the source of MOS transistor N 1  is connected to the power supply, the drain of MOS transistor N 1  is connected to the local match line LMR; the gate of MOS transistor N 3  is connected to the global mask line GLX_h, the source of MOS transistor N 3  is connected to the match line LMR, the drain of MOS transistor N 3  is connected to the match line LML; and the gate of MOS transistor N 2  is connected to the match line LMR, the gate of transistor N 4  is connected to the local match line LML, the drains of MOS transistors N 2  and N 4  are connected together, the sources of MOS transistors N 2  and N 4  are connected together, the drains of MOS transistors N 2  and N 4  are both connected to the global match line ML_L, and the sources of MOS transistors N 2  and N 4  are both connected to the global match line ML_R. 
     The working principle of the NAND type unit circuit is as follows: 
     A. If there is no global X in SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]: 
     The global mask line GLX=0, GLX_h=1, NMOS transistor N 1  is OFF, NMOS transistor N 3  is ON, and the voltage of local match line LML and LMR is equal; 
     Only one of search data lines LSL_ 00 , LSL_ 01 , LSL_ 10 , LSL_ 11  is 1, and the corresponding M is sent; 
     If M=1 is sent out, the local match line LML=1 and LMR=1, NMOS transistor N 2  and N 4  are both ON, and the search result of TL-Tcell unit is match, If all TL-Tcells unit in the word circuit give a result of match, the whole word circuits give a search result of match; if M=0 is sent out, the local match line LML=0 and LMR= 0 , NMOS transistor N 2  and N 4  are both OFF, and TL-Tcell gives out a result of mismatch, If at least one of TL-Tcell units in the word circuits gives a result of mismatch, the whole word circuits give a search result of mismatch. 
     B. If there is only one global X in SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]: 
     According to the decoder, the global mask line GLX=0, GLX_h=0, and the NMOS transistors N 1  and N 3  are both OFF, the local matching line LML, LMR each has their own potential respectively; at the same time, one of search data lines LSL_ 00  and LSL_ 11  must be selected, and one of search data lines LSL_ 01  and LSL_ 10  must be selected too, one of NMOS transistors M 1  and M 4  must be ON, and one of NMOS transistors M 2  and M 3  must be ON too; at least one of local match lines LML and LMR is 1, at least one of NMOS transistors N 2  and N 4  is ON, the unit comparison result is match; only when local match line LML and LMR are both 0, NMOS transistor N 2  and N 4  are both OFF, the unit comparison result is mismatch. 
     C. If there are two global X in SL[ 2   n : 2   n+ 1]: 
     According to the decoder, search data lines LSL_ 00 , LSL_ 01 , LSL_ 10  and LSL_ 11  are all 0. NMOS transistors M 1 , M 2 , M 3  and M 4  are all OFF; global mask lines GLX=1, GLX_h=1, NMOS transistors N 1  and N 3  are both ON, local match lines LML and LMR are both  1 ; NMOS transistors N 2  and N 4  are both ON, the unit comparison result is match. 
     In the above examples, the unit circuit Tcell of the existing TCAM hardware search engine in  FIG. 4  is compared with the unit circuit TL-Tcell of TL-TCAM hardware search engine provided by the present invention in view of circuit structure. Firstly, the power consumption of search line is reduced. Tcell is a 1-bit TCAM unit, while a TL-Tcell is equivalent to 2-bit Tcell. Because the probability of the occurrence of global X is low, we only consider the power consumption when no global X. Because SL={SL, SL#}, SL# is strict logical “NOT” of SL, such as SL=0={0,1}, SL=1={1,0}. According to the average probability, the probability of SL being 0 and 1 is equal in each clock cycle, that is, in each cycle, SL flips from {0,1} to {1,0} or {1,0} to {0,1}. Because flipping from 0 to 1 is power consumption, it is necessary to draw current from the power supply, that is every cycle and every Tcell, there is one SL line power consumption. In the TL-TCAM hardware search engine provided by the present invention, only one line LSL is selected for each cycle in each TL-Tcell. Since one TL-Tcell is equivalent to two Tcells, it can be equivalently considered that the original hardware search engine has one line inversion power consumption per cycle and every two Tcells. Therefore, ideally, the power consumption of the search line SL has been reduced by half. Secondly, the parasitic capacitance of the match line is reduced. From the data conversion part between the lookup table type TL-TCAM hardware search engine and the traditional TCAM hardware search engine, we can see that the storage bits of the TL-TCAM hardware search engine are not increased, which is consistent the original TCAM hardware search engine. For the present invention, ideally, the ML parasitic capacitance is halved, the power consumption is halved, and the speed is doubled for the following reasons: A, NOR type structure. Since TL-Tcell is equivalent to a 2-bit Tcell, in Tcell of  FIG. 1 ( a ) , each Tcell has a transistor (M 1 ) connected directly to ML. TL-Tcell in  FIG. 7  is equivalent to one transistor N 4  connected to ML for every two Tcells. Therefore, the parasitic capacitance is halved, the power consumption is halved, and the speed is doubled. B NAND type structure, compared with Tcell in  FIG. 1 ( b ) , NAND type TL-Tcell equivalent to every two Tcells have a transmission gate N 2 /N 4 , so the parasitic capacitance is halved, power consumption is reduced, the speed is at least doubled, this is because the speed increased by serial connection mode is nonlinear, the actual speed can even be increased more than double.