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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
In-Su Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun Jin Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Alain Tran, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Beom Kyu Shin, Seongnam-si, KR;
Woo Seong Cheong, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A memory controller includes an interface and a control module. The interface interfaces with a memory device which includes a plurality of dies that each include a plurality of blocks. The control module groups a plurality of blocks included in different dies and manages the plurality of blocks as a super block. The control module performs scheduling to alternately perform a program on a part of an Nth super block, wherein N is a natural number, and a phased erase on an N+1st super block, and the control module completes the program on the Nth super block and the erase on the Nth super block before the program on the N+1st super block starts.