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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A storage device including: a flash memory including a selected word line and an adjacent word line adjacent to the selected word line; and a memory controller configured to provide a select read voltage to the selected word line and a pass voltage to the adjacent word line during a read operation, the pass voltage being higher than the select read voltage, and wherein the memory controller is further configured to determine whether the selected word line is a hot spot read word line based on a deterioration level of the adjacent word line, and perform a word line reclaim operation for the adjacent word line when the selected word line is the hot spot read word line.