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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Ji Hoon Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G06F 12/10 (2016.01); G11C 29/24 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 12/10 (2013.01); G11C 29/24 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01); G11C 11/5621 (2013.01); G11C 11/5671 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5641 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein may be a storage device and a method of operating the same. The storage device for additionally securing an over-provisioning area may include at least one memory device, each including first memory blocks and second memory blocks, and a memory controller configured to store system data, stored in the first memory blocks of the at least one memory device, in the second memory blocks when a size of a residual space in a memory area of the at least one memory device is less than a threshold.