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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Duck-Hoi Koo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yong-Tae Kim, Seoul, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A memory system may include: a memory device comprising a plurality of channels, a plurality of dies coupled to the respective channels, and a plurality of super blocks; and a controller suitable for controlling the memory device, wherein the controller includes: a detector suitable for searching for a first available reserved block in a first die, when a bad block has occurred in the first die which is coupled to a first channel and belongs to a first super block group, and searching for a second available reserved block in a second die which is coupled to the first channel and belongs to a second super block group when the first available reserved block is not present in the first die; and an assignor suitable for replacing the bad block with the second available reserved block when the second available reserved block is present.