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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2022
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventor:
In Jong Jang, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a controller and operation method thereof. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the controller may include i) a plurality of sub-circuits and ii) a processor configured to: determine the state of the plurality of sub-circuits, determine whether activation conditions corresponding to the plurality of sub-circuits are satisfied at a first time point, and control the controller to operate in an activation mode or in a low-power mode at a second time point, depending on whether the activation conditions corresponding to the plurality of sub-circuits are satisfied.