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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2015
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Sang Sik Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 15/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/50 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 29/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/50004 (2013.01); G11C 16/349 (2013.01); G11C 16/3495 (2013.01); G11C 29/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes: memory blocks including main data storage units and cycling information storage units; a circuit group that performs a wear leveling operation on the memory blocks; and a control circuit that sets a threshold value based on the cycling information, and controls the circuit group so that the wear leveling operation is performed based on the set threshold value.