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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2018
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Seung-Gyu Jeong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jung-Hyun Kwon, Seoul, KR;

Do-Sun Hong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Won-Gyu Shin, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/32 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3427 (2013.01); G11C 16/107 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/32 (2013.01); G11C 16/349 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, a first detection block suitable for detecting a hot memory block based on a number of times that a write operation is performed among the memory blocks during the write operation, a second detection block suitable for detecting first memory blocks based on the number of times that the write operation is performed among the memory blocks and detecting a cold memory block based on addresses of the first memory blocks, when the hot memory block is detected, and a wear-leveling block suitable for swapping data of the hot memory block for data of the cold memory block.


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