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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Taehyo Kim, Daegu, KR;
Daeseok Byeon, Seongnam-si, KR;
Taehong Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Chanho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Taeyun Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A memory device comprises a memory cell region including a first metal pad, and a peripheral circuit region including a second metal pad and vertically connected to the memory cell region by the first metal pad and the second metal pad, wherein the memory cell region includes a first memory area having first memory cells storing N-bit data and a second memory area having second memory cells storing M-bit data, where 'M' and 'N' are natural numbers and M is greater than N, and the peripheral circuit region includes a controller configured to read data stored in the first memory area using a first read operation, read data stored in the second memory area using a second read operation different from the first read operation, and selectively store data in one of the first memory area and the second memory area based on a frequency of use (FOU) of the data.