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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Moosung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Dawoon Jung, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating method is for a memory device which controls a nonvolatile memory. The operating method includes managing a program depth bit map indicating an upper page program state of each of a plurality of word lines of the nonvolatile memory in response to an external write request, and outputting one of a plurality of different read commands to the nonvolatile memory based on information of the program depth bit map corresponding to a word line to be accessed in response to an external read request.