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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Hye-Jeong So, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-Hwan Lee, Namyungju-si, KR;
Seong-Hyeog Choi, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Eun-Chu Oh, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jun-Jin Kong, Yongin-si, KR;
Hong-Rak Son, Anyang-si, KR;
Pil-Sang Yoon, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method of operating a memory controller includes classifying a plurality of memory cells in an erase state into a plurality of groups, based on erase state information about the plurality of memory cells in the erase state; setting at least one target program state for at least some memory cells from among memory cells included in at least one of the plurality of groups; and programming the at least some memory cells for which the at least one target program state has been set, to a program state other than the at least one target program state from among the plurality of program states.