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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2020
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Hee Chan Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Young Ho Ahn, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Yong Seok Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jhu Yeong Jhin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory system with at least one namespace includes a memory device and a controller. The memory device includes a plurality of single-level cell (SLC) buffers and a plurality of memory blocks, wherein each memory block includes a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell storing multi-bit data, and is allocated for a respective one of a plurality of zones, wherein each of the at least one namespace is divided by at least some of the plurality of zones. The controller is configured to receive a program request related to at least one application program executed by a host, to determine at least one zone designated by the at least one application program as an open state, and to control the memory device to perform a program operation on at least one memory block allocated for an open state zone.


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