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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2021
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae Wan Yeon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Do Hun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ju Hyun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jin Yeong Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
An operation method includes buffering data chunks to be programmed in the multi-level cells in a write buffer; backing up at least one backup data chunk of the data chunks to a backup memory; determining a program sequence of the data chunks, the program sequence for programming a non-backup data chunk among the data chunks to the multi-level cells through a second step program operation of the multi-step program operation; and controlling the memory device to program the data chunks in the multi-level cells, based on the program sequence, by performing first and second step program operations of the multi-step program operation in a first page of the multi-level cells, the second step program operation performed in the first page later than another first step program operation performed in a second page subsequent to the first page.