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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Jong-hwa Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young-joon Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Seok-cheon Kwon, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides an operation method of a memory system including a flash memory device. The method includes programming at least one page included in a selected memory block of the flash memory device; and determining the selected memory block or the flash memory device to be invalid, according to whether a loop number of the programmed page is out of a reference loop range.