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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2015
Byung-ki Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hee-tai OH, Goyang-si, KR;
Byung-Ki Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hee-Tai Oh, Goyang-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
According to example embodiments, a nonvolatile memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device and a memory controller. The nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of planes and each plane includes a plurality of memory blocks. The memory controller is configured to classify the memory blocks of each of the planes into a plurality of groups. The memory controller is configured to select at least two memory blocks in a corresponding one of the groups, and to control the nonvolatile memory device so that the selected at least two memory blocks are multi-block erased.