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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2019
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Jin-Suk Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/08 (2006.01); G11C 16/32 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/08 (2013.01); G11C 16/32 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a storage device, a controller and a method for operating a controller. The controller described in embodiments of the disclosure may include a word line grouping circuit configured to group a plurality of word lines in a semiconductor memory device into a plurality of word line groups based on program time information on program times of the respective word lines. Also, the controller may include a super page configuration circuit configured to configure a plurality of super pages including some of the word lines, based on word line group information on the word line groups. Embodiments of the disclosure may provide a storage device, a controller and a method for operating a controller, capable of minimizing program performance degradation that may occur due to deviations in program time among word lines.


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