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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2018
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ik-Sung Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyeong-Rho Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung-Kwan Hong, Seoul, KR;
Jin-Woong Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks; and a controller suitable for grouping the memory blocks based on type into a plurality of super blocks according to a preset condition and managing the memory blocks by managing the super blocks, the controller may manage one or more of the super blocks, in each of which at least one bad memory block and good memory blocks are grouped, by classifying the one or more superblocks as first super blocks, and the controller may differently manage uses of the respective first super blocks based on the numbers of bad memory blocks included in the respective first super blocks.