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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2015
Hyoungsuk Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Dukyoung Yun, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyoungsuk Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Dukyoung Yun, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
According to example embodiments, a storage device in accordance includes a nonvolatile memory device and a memory controller. The nonvolatile memory device includes memory blocks divided into a buffer region and a main region. The memory controller is configured to control the nonvolatile memory device to perform a buffer program operation that includes storing data provided from the outside in the buffer region, to perform a main program operation that includes storing data provided from the outside in the main region, and to perform a closing program operation that includes writing data stored in the buffer region in the main region such the that at least part of the data stored in the buffer region is written to open pages of a memory block including a page programmed last in the main program operation.