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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A memory system may include a plurality of first and second memory devices each comprising M-bit multi-level cells (MLCs), M-bit multi-buffers, and transmission buffers, a cache memory suitable for caching data inputted to or outputted from the plurality of first and second memory devices, and a controller suitable for programming program data cached by the cache memory to a memory device selected among the first and second memory devices by transferring the program data to M-bit multi-buffers of the selected memory device whenever the program data are cached by M bits into the cache memory, and controlling the selected memory device to perform a necessary preparation operation, except for a secondary preparation operation, of a program preparation operation, until an input of the program data is ended or the M-bit multi-buffers of the selected memory device are full.