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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2021
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Hye Mi Kang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Eu Joon Byun, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present technology relates to a storage device. According to the present technology, a memory controller controlling a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks may include an operation controller and a lifetime information controller. The operation controller may control the memory device to receive a write request from a host and perform a write operation on a selected memory block among the plurality of memory blocks. The lifetime information controller may generate lifetime information including a lifetime level of the selected memory block based on an erase and write count of the selected memory block.


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