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Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 21, 2020
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Fan Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);

Hongwei Duan, Cupertino, CA (US);

Aman Bhatia, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/3225 (2019.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 11/1076 (2013.01); G06F 1/3225 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control of a memory system includes firmware and one error correction code (ECC) module. The module includes a power control engine and ECC components, each ECC component including a power monitor and a power controller. The firmware configures a window of time and a power consumption rate of a select ECC component depending on characteristics of the memory system. The power monitor of the select ECC component measures a power consumption of the select ECC component within the window. The power control engine receives the measurement of power consumption, decides a next power level for the select ECC component, and controls the power controller of the select ECC component such that the select ECC component operates at the next power level.


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