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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonngi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Hee-Tai Oh, Seoul, KR;
Walter Jun, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0658 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory device includes a nonvolatile memory having a first block and a memory controller configured to exchange data with the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller includes a first processor to divide the first block into first and second domains, a second processor to generate a reclaim signal by determining whether to perform reclaiming on each of the first and second domains and a third processor performer which reclaims each of the first and second domains according to the reclaim signal and merges the first and second domains.