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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Chul Lee, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
Nam Wook Kang, Hwaseong-Si, KR;
In Hwan Doh, Seoul, KR;
Chanik Park, Suwon-Si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method of operating a storage device includes; counting a number of fast cycles for the memory block when a program interval between two successive program operations directed to memory cells of the memory block is less than a minimal program interval, and/or when an erase interval between two successive erase operations directed to the memory block is less than a minimal erase interval, and selecting the memory block to be erased by an erase operation or selecting memory cells of the memory block to be programmed by a program operation in response to the counted number of fast cycles for the memory block.