IP Library Granted Patent US 10,885,992
Granted Patent B2
US 10,885,992 · App. 16/597,251 · Granted Jan 5, 2021

Memory system and operating method thereof

Inventor: Joo-Young Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
G11C16/3431G11C16/16G11C16/349G11C29/886
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Patent No.
US 10,885,992
App. No.
16/597,251
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A memory system includes: a memory device; a run-time bad block detector suitable for storing information of super memory blocks, each including a run-time bad block, in a bad list; a bit-map manager suitable for generating a bit-map representing integrity information of memory blocks in each of the super memory blocks; a short super block manager suitable for designating, among the super memory blocks, a super memory block having a number of run-time bad blocks less than or equal to a threshold as a short super memory block based on the bad list and the bit-map, whenever a logical unit configuration command is received from a host; and a processor suitable for controlling the memory device to simultaneously access normal blocks among the memory blocks forming the designated short super memory block and to perform a normal operation, based on the bit-map.

Claims (37)

1. A memory system, comprising:

a memory device;

a run-time bad block detector suitable for storing information of super memory blocks, each including a run-time bad block, in a bad list;

a bit-map manager suitable for generating a bit-map representing integrity information of memory blocks in each of the super memory blocks;

a short super block manager suitable for designating, among the super memory blocks, a super memory block having a number of run-time bad blocks less than or equal to a threshold as a short super memory block based on the bad list and the bit-map, whenever a logical unit configuration command is received from a host; and

a processor suitable for controlling the memory device to simultaneously access normal blocks among the memory blocks forming the designated short super memory block and to perform a normal operation, based on the bit-map.

2. The memory system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a host interface suitable for receiving the logical unit configuration command from the host.

3. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the run-time bad block is an abnormal memory block which occurs as a result of repeatedly performing a program operation or an erase operation.

4. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the short super block manager updates the bit-map after designating the short super memory block.

5. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein, when a first memory block in the short super block is a normal block, the bit-map manager stores a first logic value in an element corresponding to the first memory block in the bit-map.

6. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein, when a second memory block in the short super block is a run-time bad block, the bit-map manager stores a second logic value in an element corresponding to the second memory block in the bit-map.

7. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the normal operation includes a program operation or an erase operation.

8. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the short super block manager is configured to retain, among the super memory blocks, a super memory block having a number of run time bad blocks greater than the threshold in the bad list.

9. The memory system of claim 1 , wherein the processor calculates an erase/write cycle based on a unit of a super memory block.

10. The memory system of claim 2 , wherein the host interface provides a trigger signal to the short super block manager whenever the logical unit configuration command is received.

11. A method for operating a memory system, comprising:

storing information of super memory blocks, each including a run-time bad block, in a bad list;

generating a bit-map representing integrity information of memory blocks in each of the super memory blocks;

designating, among the super memory blocks, a super memory block having a number of run-time bad blocks less than or equal to a threshold as a short super memory block based on the bad list and the bit-map, whenever a logical unit configuration command is received from a host; and

simultaneously accessing normal blocks among the memory blocks forming the designated short super memory block and performing a normal operation based on the bit-map.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving the logical unit configuration command from the host.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the run-time bad block is an abnormal memory block which occurs as a result of repeatedly performing a program operation or an erase operation.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

updating the bit-map after designating the short super memory block.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the generating of the bit-map includes

storing a first logic value in an element corresponding to a first memory block in the bit-map when the first memory block in the short super block is a normal block.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the generating of the bit-map includes

storing a second logic value in an element corresponding to a second memory block in the bit-map when the second memory block in the short super block is a run-time bad block.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the normal operation includes a program operation or an erase operation.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the designating of the super memory block includes

retaining, among the super memory blocks, a super memory block having a number of run-time bad blocks greater than the threshold in the bad list.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the simultaneous accessing of the normal blocks among the memory blocks forming the designated short super memory block and the performing of the normal operation based on the bit-map includes

calculating an erase/write cycle based on a unit of a super memory block.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the receiving of the logical unit configuration command from the host includes

generating a trigger signal whenever the logical unit configuration command is received.

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 Oct 9, 2019
From: LEE, JOO-YOUNG
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 050666/0630 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0169486 · Dec 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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