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US 9,436,267 · App. 14/143,889 · Granted Sep 6, 2016

Data storage device

Inventors: Dong Jae Shin (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Soo Nyun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
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Patent No.
US 9,436,267
App. No.
14/143,889
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device; and a controller suitable for controlling an operation of the nonvolatile memory device based on a request from a host device, wherein the controller includes a first core activated in a normal mode and a second core activated in a standby mode.

Claims (29)

1. A data storage device comprising:

a nonvolatile memory device; and

a controller suitable for controlling an operation of the nonvolatile memory device based on a request from a host device,

wherein the controller includes a first core activated in a normal mode and deactivated in a standby mode of the data storage device and a second core activated in the standby mode and deactivated in the normal mode of the data storage device, and

wherein the first core performs both a host-dependent job and a host-independent job and the second core performs only the host-independent job.

2. The data storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the data storage device operates in the standby mode when there is no job requested from the host device.

3. The data storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the first core performs a job for providing data read from the nonvolatile memory device to the host device, or a job for storing data provided from the host device in the nonvolatile memory device, as the host-dependent job.

4. The data storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the second core performs a job for managing the nonvolatile memory device, as the host-independent job.

5. A data storage device comprising:

a nonvolatile memory device; and

a controller suitable for controlling the nonvolatile memory device based on a request from an external device,

wherein the controller comprises:

a control unit including a first core performing both a host-dependent job and a host-independent job, and a second core performing only the host-independent job; and

a power supply suitable for providing a first operation power to the first core in a normal mode and blocking providing of the first operation power to the first core in a standby mode of the data storage device, and providing a second operation power to the second core in the standby mode and blocking providing of the second operation power to the second core in the normal mode of the data storage device.

6. The data storage device according to claim 5 , wherein the power supply provides a standby power used for the first core to retain the standby mode.

7. The data storage device according to claim 5 , wherein the power supply provides a standby power used for the second core to retain the standby mode.

8. The data storage device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a clock generator suitable for providing a first operation clock to the first core in the normal mode, and providing a second operation clock to the second core in the standby mode.

9. The data storage device according to claim 8 , wherein the clock generator blocks providing of the first operation clock to the first core in the standby mode or provides a standby clock used for the first core to retain the standby state.

10. The data storage device according to claim 8 , wherein the clock generator blocks providing of the second operation clock to the second core in the normal mode or provides a standby clock used for the second core to retain the standby state.

11. The data storage device according to claim 8 , wherein the first core provides an activated standby mode signal to the power supply and the clock generator when entering the standby mode from the normal mode.

12. The data storage device according to claim 11 , wherein the second core provides an interrupt signal to the first core when entering the normal mode from the standby mode, and

the first core provides a deactivated standby mode signal to the power supply and the clock generator in response to the interrupt signal.

13. The data storage device according to claim 12 , wherein the power supply provides the second operation power to the second core in response to the activated standby mode signal, and provides the first operation power to the first core in response to the deactivated standby mode signal, and

the clock generator provides the second operation clock to the second core in response to the activated standby mode signal, and provides the first operation clock to the first core in response to the deactivated standby mode signal.

14. The data storage device according to claim 5 , wherein the external device includes a host device, and

the data storage device operates in a standby mode when there is no job requested from the host device.

15. The data storage device according to claim 5 , wherein the second core performs a job for managing the nonvolatile memory device, as the host-independent job.

16. The data storage device according to claim 5 , wherein the first core performs a job for providing data read from the nonvolatile memory device to the host device, or performs a job for storing data provided from the host device in the nonvolatile memory device, as the host-dependent job.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2013
From: SHIN, DONG JAE; KIM, SOO NYUN
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 031891/0223 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0123967 · Oct 17, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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