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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2020
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Eun Jae Ock, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/0891 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 12/0891 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided herein may be a storage device and a method of operating the same. The storage device may include a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device may include first memory blocks and second memory blocks. The memory controller may be configured to control the memory device so that valid data stored in a victim block, among the first memory blocks, is stored in a target block, among the second memory blocks, based on a result of a comparison between an amount of valid data stored in the victim block and a reference value. Each of the first memory blocks may include memory cells each configured to store n bits, where n is a natural number of 2 or more. Each of the second memory blocks may include memory cells each configured to store m bits, where m is a natural number less than n.


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