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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Geu Rim Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae Min Lee, Cheongju-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/24 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Circuit designs and operating techniques for a storage device that includes, in one implementation, a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, each memory block including a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of corresponding word lines; and a memory controller configured to store data in memory cells included in a main area coupled to a selected word line of the plurality of word lines, and store word-line information in a spare area coupled to the selected word line to indicate that a program operation has been performed on the main area.