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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2020
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Na Ra Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jung Sik Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein may be a memory system and a method of operating the memory system. The memory system may include a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, and a memory controller configured to: manage an accumulated erase count value and an open block erase count value of each of the plurality of memory blocks, and select a target memory block on which a program operation is to be performed based on the accumulated erase count value and the open block erase count value of each of the plurality of memory blocks.