Low-Power Ternary Content-Addressable Memory Using Power Reduction of Match-Line and Search-Line
Jeong-Su Kim, Jeong Beom Kim · International journal of intelligent engineering and systems · 2018
The challenge to solve in large capacity ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) is the large power consumption of search-line and match-line.In this paper, we propose a circuit that uses match-line selectivecharging scheme and low-swing search-line scheme simultaneously to reduce power consumption of search-line and match-line which occupies a large ratio in power consumption of TCAM.The circuit was verified by Hspice simulation using a 1.8V supply voltage in a CMOS 0.18 um CMOS process.The proposed 128x128 bit TCAM shows 45.4% power savings in match-line and 74.7% power savings in search-line compared to the conventional precharge high scheme in search cycle.Also, the minimum search cycle time is 3 ns (333MHz).