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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong-Hyun Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung-Eun Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ja-Hyun Koo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung-Gyu Jeong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An error correcting method of a memory system includes: reading read data and an error correction code from a plurality of memory chips; correcting an error of the read data using the error correction code; temporarily storing the read data and the error correction code in a buffer when the correcting of the error fails; writing a certain input test pattern in the plurality of memory chips, reading an output test pattern written in the plurality of memory chips, and detecting a fail chip in which a chipkill occurs; recorrecting, based on a location of the detected fail chip, the error of the read data stored in the buffer using the error correction code stored in the buffer; and rewriting error-corrected read data and the error correction code in the plurality of memory chips.