Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Content addressable memory with spin-orbit torque devices
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Application No.: US16253980Application Date: 2019-01-22
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Publication No.: US11152067B2Publication Date: 2021-10-19
- Inventor: Won Ho Choi , Jongyeon Kim
- Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Addison
- Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Addison
- Agency: Volpe Koenig
- Main IPC: G11C15/02
- IPC: G11C15/02 ; G11C7/10 ; H01L43/06 ; H01L43/10 ; H01L27/22

Abstract:
Ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) circuits are provided herein. In one example implementation, a TCAM circuit can include a first spin-orbit torque (SOT) magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element having a pinned layer coupled to a first read transistor controlled by a first search line, and having a spin hall effect (SHE) layer coupled in a first configuration across complemented write inputs. The TCAM circuit can include a second SOT MTJ element having a pinned layer coupled to a second read transistor controlled by a second search line, and having a SHE layer coupled in a second configuration across the complemented write inputs. The TCAM circuit can include a bias transistor configured to provide a bias voltage to drain terminals of the first read transistor and the second read transistor, and a voltage keeper element that couples the drain terminals to a match indicator line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200075099A1 CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY WITH SPIN-ORBIT TORQUE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2020-03-05
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