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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Eun-chu OH, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jae-hong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong-june Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jun-jin Kong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Eun-Chu Oh, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jae-Hong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong-June Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jun-Jin Kong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating a memory controller includes reading data from a first block of a memory device; detecting degraded pages from a plurality of pages of the first block and counting a number of the degraded pages in the first block; and recharging or reclaiming the first block, which includes the degraded pages, based on the counted number of the degraded pages.