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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Young Kyun Shin, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein may be a memory controller and a method of operating the same. The memory controller may control a memory device in response to a command received from a host. The memory controller may include a write amplification factor (WAF) storage and a standby state controller. The WAF storage may store a WAF of the memory device. The standby state controller may control entry of the memory controller into a standby state based on a value of the WAF stored in the WAF storage.