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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Beom-kyu Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Sung-kyu Park, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a memory controller with improved data reliability, a memory system including the memory controller, and a method of operating the memory controller. The memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) circuit configured to perform an error detection on a codeword read from a memory device; and a processor configured to set at least one memory chip from among a plurality of memory chips as an indicator chip, monitor an error occurrence in the indicator chip based on a result of the error detection, and output reliability deterioration information indicating that the reliability of the memory device is deteriorated based on a result of the monitoring.