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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2017
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Soo Hong Ahn, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including a memory region, the memory region including a plurality of memory units; and a controller suitable for monitoring an elapsed time and a write count of the memory region, and performing a wear leveling operation for at least one memory unit selected among the plurality of memory units depending on a monitoring result.