IP Library Granted Patent US 12,298,902
Granted Patent B2
US 12,298,902 · App. 18/237,806 · Granted May 13, 2025

Storage device including nonvolatile memory device and operating method of storage device

Inventors: Joon-Whan Bae (Suwon-si, KR); Junyeong Han (Suwon-si, KR); Kui-Yon Mun (Suwon-si, KR); Heetak Shin (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F12/0292G06F3/0604G06F3/0619G06F3/0631G06F3/064G06F3/0647G06F3/0652G06F3/0656G06F3/0679G06F11/1068G06F11/1451G06F12/023G06F2212/1016
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Patent No.
US 12,298,902
App. No.
18/237,806
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A storage device, including: a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells; and a controller configured to, based on receiving an open zone command from an external host device: based on a number of free erase units from among a plurality of erase units included in the plurality of memory cells being greater than a threshold value, allocate at least two free erase units to a first-type zone, and based on the number of the free erase units being smaller than or equal to the threshold value, allocate the at least two free erase units to a second-type zone. wherein the controller is further configured to permit a random write based on a random logical address received from the external host device for the first-type zone, and to permit a zone write based on a sequential logical address received from the external host device for the second-type zone.

Claims (48)

1. A storage device comprising:

a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells; and

a controller configured to perform a write operation on at least one write unit included in the plurality of memory cells, and to perform an erase operation on at least one erase unit included in the plurality of memory cells,

wherein, based on receiving an open zone command from an external host device, the controller is further configured to:

based on a number of free erase units from among a plurality of erase units included in the plurality of memory cells being greater than a threshold value, allocate at least two free erase units from among the free erase units to a first-type zone, and

based on the number of the free erase units being smaller than or equal to the threshold value, allocate the at least two free erase units to a second-type zone,

wherein a number of bits per memory cell of the first-type zone is smaller than a number of bits per memory cell of the second-type zone,

wherein the controller is further configured to permit a random write based on a random logical address received from the external host device for the first-type zone, and

wherein the controller is further configured to permit a zone write based on a sequential logical address received from the external host device for the second-type zone.

2. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a response comprising information about a zone type to which the at least two free erase units are allocated to the external host device.

3. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

based on a write booster being activated, allocate the at least two free erase units to a zone from among the first-type zone and the second-type zone based on a number of the at least two free erase units; and

based on the write booster being deactivated, allocate the at least two free erase units to the second-type zone.

4. The storage device of claim 3 , wherein, based on the write booster being deactivated, the controller is further configured to transmit a response to the external host device, wherein the response does not include information about a zone type to which the at least two free erase units are allocated.

5. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

based on the open zone command comprising information indicating the first-type zone, allocate the at least two free erase units to a zone from among the first-type zone and the second-type zone based on the number of the at least two free erase units, and

based on the open zone command comprising information indicating the second-type zone, or based on the open zone command not comprising zone type information, allocate the at least two free erase units to the second-type zone.

6. The storage device of claim 5 , wherein, based on the open zone command comprising the information indicating the first-type zone, the controller is further configured to transmit a response comprising information about a zone type to which the at least two free erase units are allocated to the external host device.

7. The storage device of claim 5 , wherein, based on the open zone command not comprising the zone type information, the controller is further configured to transmit a response to the external host device which does not include information about a zone type to which the at least two free erase units are allocated.

8. The storage device of claim 5 , wherein, based on the open zone command comprising the information indicating the first-type zone and the number of the free erase units being smaller than or equal to the threshold value, the controller is further configured to transmit a response which includes information indicating that allocation of the first-type zone is impossible, to the external host device.

9. The storage device of claim 8 , wherein, after transmitting the response, the controller is further configured to allocate the at least two free erase units to the second-type zone based on a new request received from the external host device.

10. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein memory cells corresponding to the first-type zone are operated as single level cells (SLCs), and

wherein memory cells corresponding to the second-type zone are operated as triple level cells (TLCs).

11. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein, based on data having continuous logical addresses corresponding to a physical address of the second-type zone being written at physical addresses of the first-type zone, the controller is further configured to migrate the data to the physical address of the second-type zone.

12. The storage device of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to migrate the data to sequential logical addresses in the second-type zone.

13. The storage device of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to migrate the data based on at least one of receiving a close zone request from the external host device, entering a power-saving mode, or entering an idle state.

14. A storage device comprising:

a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells; and

a controller configured to perform a write operation on at least one write unit included in the plurality of memory cells, and to perform an erase operation on at least one erase unit included in the plurality of memory cells,

wherein the controller is further configured to:

allocate a plurality of zones to a storage space of the nonvolatile memory device based on a request received from an external host device,

select two or more erase units from among a plurality of erase units of the plurality of memory cells to be allocated to each zone of the plurality of zones,

fixedly and sequentially manage logical addresses of data to be written in the plurality of zones,

receive a write request for a first zone from among the plurality of zones from the external host device, the write request corresponding to write data received from the external host device, and

based on an amount of the write data exceeding a free capacity of the first zone, open a second zone which follows the first zone in the logical addresses based on a feature of the first zone and a feature of the second zone.

15. The storage device of claim 14 , wherein, based on the second zone being opened, the controller is further configured to write excess data which exceeds the free capacity of the first zone in the second zone.

16. The storage device of claim 14 , wherein, based on the second zone being writable, the controller is further configured to open the second zone.

17. The storage device of claim 14 , wherein, based on the second zone being an empty zone, the controller is further configured to open the second zone.

18. The storage device of claim 14 , wherein, based on the feature of the second zone being identical to the feature of the first zone, the controller is further configured to open the second zone.

19. The storage device of claim 14 , wherein, based on the second zone being a gap zone, the controller is further configured to open a third zone which follows the second zone in the logical addresses based on the feature of the first zone and a feature of the third zone.

20. A storage device comprising:

a nonvolatile memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells; and

a controller configured to perform a write operation on at least one write unit included in the plurality of memory cells, and to perform an erase operation at least one erase unit included the plurality of memory cells,

wherein, based on an open zone command received from an external host device, the controller is further configured to:

based on a number of free erase units from among a plurality of erase units included in the plurality of memory cells being greater than a threshold value, allocate at least two free erase units from among the free erase units to a first-type zone,

based on the number of the free erase units being smaller than or equal to the threshold value, allocate the at least two free erase units to a second-type zone,

receive a write request for a first zone from the external host device, the write request corresponding to write data received from the external host device, and

based on an amount of the write data exceeding a free capacity of the first zone, open a second zone based on a feature of the first zone and a feature of the second zone, wherein logical addresses corresponding to the second zone follow logical addresses corresponding to the first zone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2023
From: BAE, JOON-WHAN; HAN, JUNYEONG; MUN, KUI-YON; SHIN, HEETAK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (15)
KR 10-2022-0109942 · Aug 31, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0149964 · Nov 10, 2022 · national
KR 10-2023-0004966 · Jan 12, 2023 · national
KR 10-2023-0004994 · Jan 12, 2023 · national
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