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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Sang-hun Kim, Asan-si, KR;
Jun-Ki Sung, Cheonan-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/38 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/36 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/38 (2013.01); G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G11C 29/783 (2013.01); G11C 29/36 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0409 (2013.01); G11C 2029/4402 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device including repairable volatile memory and a method of operating the same are provided. The storage device includes a non-volatile memory storing user data, a volatile memory buffering the user data and performing a test for detecting a defective cell on a volatile cell array at an idle time of the storage device, and a controller controlling the volatile memory to perform the test at an idle time and storing test information including a test result or a test history in the non-volatile memory.