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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2018
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Un Sang Lee, Chungcheongbuk-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3495 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/102 (2013.01); G11C 16/3404 (2013.01); G11C 16/3459 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device includes a memory device configured to store program pulse information indicating whether the number of program pulses applied to selected memory cells during a program operation exceeds a reference value; and a memory controller configured to determine whether the probability of a growing defect occurring in the selected memory cells is present based on the program pulse information.