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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2020
Applicants:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3495 (2013.01); G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller that controls a nonvolatile memory apparatus may include a first memory configured to temporarily store user data, a second memory including a plurality of memory regions composed of one or more meta regions for storing meta data and at least one spare region, and a processor configured to control the first memory and the second memory and perform first start-gap wear leveling on at least one meta region using the at least one spare region as a gap.