Translation-lookaside buffer with current tracking reference circuit
US6493790B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C15/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A translation-lookaside buffer includes a content-addressable memory (CAM) cell to generate a CAM current signal with a first transistor configuration having a set of transistors of a predetermined size and connection. A reference current circuit generates a reference current signal with a second transistor configuration corresponding to the first transistor configuration, with the exception of the size and connection of selected transistors. A match sense amplifier selectively generates a match signal in response to the CAM current signal and the reference current signal.
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