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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Yong-tae Yim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-kue JO, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Yong-Tae Yim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-Kue Jo, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1072 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 16/3495 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1032 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a memory system and wear-leveling method. A memory system includes a flash memory device and a memory controller. The flash memory device includes a plurality of memory blocks, each including a plurality of memory cells. The memory controller is configured to control the flash memory device based on erase event information and error checking and correction (ECC) event information of each of the memory blocks such that use of the memory blocks is distributed more uniformly.