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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Sun-gyeum Kim, Goyang-si, KR;
Hyeok-man Kwon, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-jun Kwon, Seongnam-si, KR;
Ki-young Choi, Seoul, KR;
Jun-whan Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 11/1064 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the memory device includes a data storage region and an error correction (ECC) region. The data storage region configured to store a first number of data blocks. The ECC region is configured to store a second number of ECC blocks. Each of the second number of ECC blocks is configured to store ECC information. The second number of the ECC blocks is associated with the first number of data blocks, and the second number is less than the first number.