IP Library Granted Patent US 9,684,352
Granted Patent B2
US 9,684,352 · App. 14/082,891 · Granted Jun 20, 2017

Memory system and operating method thereof

Inventors: Yeong Sik Yi (Seoul, KR); Jong Ju Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
G06F1/30G06F1/263
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Patent No.
US 9,684,352
App. No.
14/082,891
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A memory system and an operating method thereof stably supplies power, so that it is possible to improve performance of a memory system by omitting an operation, which has been performed in order to prevent an error due to the blocking of a power supply, in a condition in which an error due to the blocking of the power supply may not be generated.

Claims (38)

1. A memory system, comprising:

a memory including a plurality of memory blocks;

a memory controller suitable for controlling a set operation of the memory; and

a power detector suitable for generating a detection signal based on a power supply from a limited power supply source and an external power supply source,

wherein the memory controller is suitable for determining whether to perform the set operation based on the detection signal generated based on the power supply from the power supply sources,

wherein the set operation is performed if the condition of the power supply is not a first condition,

wherein in the first condition the power source is supplied from the limited power supply source and the external power supply source,

wherein the memory controller controls the memory to write a first bit information into a first page in a first memory block, and then to write a second bit information into a second page in the first memory block,

wherein the set operation is writing the first bit information written in the first page into a third page in a second memory block which is different from the first memory block during the writing of the second bit information into the second page, and

wherein the memory controller confirms whether to perform the set operation to a host based on the detection signal, and when the host allows the performance of the set operation, the set operation is performed.

2. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the memory controller performs the set operation, if the power supply is blocked.

3. The memory system of claim 2 , wherein if data of at least two bits is stored in the memory, the set operation is writing bit information of a first page, and then writing the bit information of the first page in a third page when writing bit information of second page.

4. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the limited power supply source includes a battery, and the external power supply source is connected to the power detector through a power cable.

5. The memory system of claim 4 , wherein the power detector is suitable for not generating the detection signal when a cover of the battery is separated from a portable phone.

6. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the first page is least significant bit page, and the second page is most significant bit page.

7. A method of operating a memory system including a memory, comprising:

detecting a condition of a power supply from a power supply source including a limited power supply source and an external power supply source;

determining whether to perform a set operation based on the detected condition;

confirming whether to perform the set operation to a host when the condition of the power supply is the first condition; and

performing the set operation when the host allows the performance of the set operation,

wherein the set operation is performed if the condition of the power supply is not a first condition,

wherein in the first condition the power source is supplied from the limited power supply source and the external power supply source,

wherein if data of at least two-bit information is stored in a memory cell of the memory, the set operation is writing a first bit information of the data written in a first page into a third page during writing of a second bit information of the data into a second page, and

wherein the memory includes a plurality of memory blocks, the first page and the second page are in a first memory block of the memory, and the third page is in a second memory block which is different from the first memory block.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the limited power supply source includes a battery, and

the external power supply source is connected to the memory system through a power cable.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein if a cover of the battery is separated from the portable phone, the set operation is performed.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first page is least significant bit page, and the second page is most significant bit page.

11. A method of operating a memory system including a memory controller and a memory having a plurality of memory blocks, the method comprising:

writing a first data into a first page in a first memory block of the memory;

detecting a condition of a power supply from a power supply source including a limited power supply source and an external power supply source;

determining whether to perform a set operation based on the condition of the power supply from the power supply source; and

writing a second data into a second page in the first memory block of the memory,

wherein the set operation is performed during the writing of the second data into the second page, if the condition of the power supply is not a first condition,

wherein in the first condition the power source is supplied from the limited power supply source and the external power supply source,

wherein the set operation is writing the first data, which is written in the first page, into a third page in a second memory block which is different from the first memory block, and

wherein the memory controller confirms whether to perform the set operation to a host based on the detection signal, and when the host allows the performance of the set operation, the set operation is performed.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first page is least significant bit page, and the second page is most significant bit page.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2024
From: SK HYNIX INC.
To: MIMIRIP LLC
Reel/Frame 067335/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2013
From: YI, YEONG SIK; PARK, JONG JU
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 031622/0917 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0071136 · Jun 20, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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