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Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2019
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

You Min Ji, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Keun Woo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5642 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G11C 16/349 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory controller having an improved operation speed controls a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks. The memory controller includes: a remaining count determiner configured to determine a remaining count that is a number of program and erase operations to be additionally performed in the memory device based on a program/erase count received from the memory device, a retention period calculator configured to determine a retention period based on a power-off time and a power-on time of the memory device and a read voltage determiner configured to generate a changed read voltage table based on a default read voltage table and a coefficient determined according to the remaining count, and determine a read voltage to be used in the memory device according to the retention period among read voltages included in the changed read voltage table.


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