Yasuo Takahashi, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan
This paper presents a circuit design of a Ternary Content-Addressable Memory (TCAM) using Single- Electron Transistors (SETs). The proposed TCAM cell employs a SET-based ternary memory and a dual-gate SET for ternary data matching. The multi-level functionality of SET is fully utilized to reduce circuit complexity. Basic matching operation of the TCAM cell is verified using a multi-gate SET and a MOSFET fabricated on the same Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) wafer by Pattern-Dependent OXidation (PADOX) process.
Citation:
Katsuhiko Degawa, Takafumi Aoki, Tatsuo Higuchi, Hiroshi Inokawa, Katsuhiko Nishiguchi, Yasuo Takahashi, "A High-Density Ternary Content-Addressable Memory Using Single-Electron Transistors," ismvl, pp.19, 36th International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL'06), 2006