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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
May. 06, 2016
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
An Ho Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 16/3495 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01); G11C 16/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are provided a memory system including a semiconductor memory device and a controller and an operating method thereof. A memory system having an extended storage area includes a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, and a controller for controlling the semiconductor memory device. In the memory system, the semiconductor memory device stores system information required to drive the semiconductor memory device and the controller in one memory block among the plurality of memory blocks.