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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Young-Ho Park, Anyang-si, KR;
Chanik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/3431 (2013.01); G11C 16/3495 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a nonvolatile memory system including a memory device having a plurality of memory blocks includes selecting a source block among the plurality of memory blocks in the nonvolatile memory system, and performing a reclaim operation for the source block based on the number of program and erase cycles which have been performed on the source block.