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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2020
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Kyung Whan Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Sun Hwa Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Kee Yun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Sung Joo Ha, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Ah Reum Han, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/42 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/30 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G11C 29/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/42 (2013.01); G06F 11/1451 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G11C 29/30 (2013.01); G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G11C 29/702 (2013.01); G11C 29/785 (2013.01); G11C 2029/1802 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating a memory includes determining to perform an error correction operation; determining whether to perform an error correction operation; generating an internal address when the error correction operation is performed; reading data from memory cells that are selected based on the internal address and an error correction code corresponding to the data; performing an error correction operation on the data based on the error correction code to produce an error-corrected data; writing the error-corrected data and an error correction code corresponding to the error-corrected data into the memory cells; determining one or more regions among regions in the memory as a repair-requiring region based on an error detected when the error correction operation is performed; receiving a first command; backing up the data and the error correction code into a redundant region in response to the first command; and repairing the repair-requiring region with the redundant region.


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