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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Eui Jin Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/42 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G11C 29/42 (2013.01); G11C 2029/4402 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storing system performs a test operation on a memory block on which a read operation is determined to be failed, and determines whether the memory block is or is not a bad block based on a result of the test operation. The data storing system may improve reliability and yield of a device.