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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2023
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon, KR;
Inventors:
Seung Gu Ji, Icheon, KR;
Dong Hwan Kim, Icheon, KR;
Dae Seok Shin, Icheon-si, KR;
Dong Jae Shin, Icheon, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Ichcon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device may determine a target memory block from among a plurality of memory blocks, determine a target memory unit from among the plurality of memory units included in the target memory block, and program target dummy data into the target memory unit when it is determined that the target dummy data is not programmed into the target memory unit and when the program operation for the target memory unit is not yet completed.