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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2012
Eun Chu OH, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyounglae Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Mankeun Seo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Junjin Kong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Eun Chu Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
KyoungLae Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Mankeun Seo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Junjin Kong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Example embodiments relate to a bad area managing method of a nonvolatile memory device. The nonvolatile memory device may include a plurality of memory blocks and each block may contain memory layers stacked on a substrate. According to example embodiments, a method includes accessing one of the memory blocks, judging whether the accessed memory block includes at least one memory layer containing a bad memory cell. If a bad memory cell is detected, the method may further include configuring the memory device to treat the at least one memory layer of the accessed memory block as a bad area.