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Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2021
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Hoyoun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Kijun Lee, Seoul, KR;

Myungkyu Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory system is provided. The memory system includes at least one memory device, and a controller configured to control the at least one memory device, wherein the controller includes: an error correction circuit configured to correct an error in data read from the at least one memory device, a codeword error counter configured to obtain a syndrome of a current codeword error based on a codeword error occurring in the error correction circuit, and to obtain a weighted codeword error count value by comparing the obtained syndrome with a previous syndrome, and an alert device configured to generate a warning signal for preventing an uncorrectable error of the at least one memory device according to the weighted codeword error count value.


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