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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2021
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Hyun Ju Yoon, Icheon-si, KR;

Min Kang, Icheon-si, KR;

Dong Uc Ko, Icheon-si, KR;

Dong Keun Kim, Icheon-si, KR;

Young Su Oh, Icheon-si, KR;

Jun Hyun Chun, Icheon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40626 (2013.01); G11C 11/40615 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory system is provided to include a storage device including memory cells for storing data, and a controller in communication with an external device and configured to control the storage device based on a request from the external device. The controller is configured to receive a request from the external device to perform a refresh operation of re-writing stored data in the memory cells, read data from the memory cells included in the storage device, set a refresh period based on a number of fail bits included in the read data and a temperature of the controller or the storage device, and perform the refresh operation of the storage device based on the refresh period.


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