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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Samsung-ro, Yeongyong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A storage device and a refresh method thereof are provided. The storage device includes at least a first processing core configured to operate by receiving a first power from a host, a second processing core separate from the first processing core, at least a first three-dimensional (3D) flash memory, a power module and a retention management module supplied with a second power from the power module when the first power is not supplied from the host. The retention management module is configured to refresh a part of the first 3D flash memory using the second processing core. The retention management module is configured to be woken up at intervals of a first period to refresh the part of the first 3D flash memory.