The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2023
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Hyun Jin Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Sunghyun Noh, Gyeonggi-Dosuwon-si, KR;
Insoon Jo, Suwon-si, KR;
Kui-Yon Mun, Suwon-si, KR;
Myung-Jin Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/0882 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0292 (2013.01); G06F 12/0882 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory system which includes a flash memory including a meta block and a data block, and a memory controller including a meta data managing module managing meta data to be stored in the meta block. The meta block includes a plurality of pages. The meta data managing module compares a number of free pages of the plurality of pages with a preset number of free pages, and selects a write target page of the meta data by using one of a consecution meta write operation or a dirty meta write operation, depending on a result of the comparison.