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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0638 (2013.01); G06F 2212/205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to receive a first program request from an external host device and program first memory cells of a memory block according to the first program request. The memory controller is further configured to program second memory cells of the memory block without a request of the external host device if a second program request is not received from the external host device for a critical time.