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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Sang-kwon Moon, Osan-si, KR;
Jong-youl Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seong-jun Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Hee-won Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
Fast reuse memory block detection methods and memory block management methods using the same are provided. A fast reuse memory block detection method may include selecting a memory block from memory blocks included in a nonvolatile memory device as a reference block at an initially set period, managing one of an erase time and a program time of the reference block, and determining whether other memory blocks are fast reuse memory blocks, based on a use period that is determined according to the managed one of the erase time and the program time of the reference block.