ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,851, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Content addressable memory apparatus, content addressable memory circuit and memory self-test method thereof" was invented by I-Hao Chiang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a content addressable memory apparatus. A self-test control circuit generates self-test driving signals and control an external test pattern generation circuit generates search data and an address signal. A content addressable memory circuit includes a memory circuit, an internal test pattern generation circuit and an internal compar...