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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2019
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Jin Pyo Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Abstract
A data storage device may include: a memory array comprising a plurality of blocks, each block including a plurality of pages and a controller in communication with the memory array and comprising a memory buffer, the controller configured to maintain attribute information associated with each block and each page of the memory array, the controller further configured to read data from a requested page in the memory array responsive to an external request, store the read data in a first region of the memory buffer to output the read data responsive to the external request, and copy the read data from the first region of the memory buffer into a second region of the memory buffer upon a determination based on the attribute information that the requested page is included in a supposed-to-be-erased region.