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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Jae-wook Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Yang Sup Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jeong Beom Seo, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/42 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/54 (2006.01); H03M 13/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); H03M 13/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating method of a memory controller includes classifying a plurality of blocks in a memory cell array included in a flash memory into a first group and a second group according to the number of error bits in data programmed to each of the blocks, and creating a combinational block by combining a first block from the first group with a second block from the second group.