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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2018
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Byeong-Gyu Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Hyunjun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Byoung-Sung You, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0409 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0411 (2013.01);
Abstract

A controller includes: a processor suitable for controlling a memory device to read map data stored in a memory and read out a physical address corresponding to data requested by a host to be read; a counter suitable for obtaining reliability information on the map data stored in the memory; a determining unit suitable for activating a pre-pumping mode when reliability of the map data is poor; a deciding unit suitable for determining a first target die of a pre-pumping operation for reading the data in the activated pre-pumping mode; and a pumping unit suitable for controlling the memory device to perform the pre-pumping operation on the first target die during a background operation for reading out the physical address.


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