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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jinwoo Hong, Seoul, KR;
Chanha Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kangho Roh, Seoul, KR;
Seungkyung Ro, Anyang-si, KR;
Yunjung Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Heewon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); H01L 27/115 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); H01L 27/115 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device and an operating method thereof are provided. The storage device includes a non-volatile memory and a memory controller. The non-volatile memory includes memory blocks each including a word lines. The memory controller determines a word line strength of each of the word lines, adjusts a state count of each of the word lines based on the word line strengths, and adjust a program parameter of each of the word lines to decrease a program time variation between the word lines.