IP Library Granted Patent US 11,604,693
Granted Patent B2
US 11,604,693 · App. 17/388,243 · Granted Mar 14, 2023

Memory device, a controller for controlling the same, a memory system including the same, and an operating method of the same

Inventors: Yesin Ryu (Seoul, KR); Sunggi Ahn (Jinju-si, KR); Jaeyoun Youn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F11/106
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Patent No.
US 11,604,693
App. No.
17/388,243
Granted
Mar 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A memory device including: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells disposed at intersections of wordlines and bitlines; an error correction circuit configured to read data from the memory cell array and to correct an error in the read data; and an error check and scrub (ECS) circuit configured to perform a scrubbing operation on the memory cell array, wherein the ECS circuit includes: a first register configured to store an error address obtained in the scrubbing operation; and a second register configured to store a page offline address received from an external device.

Claims (29)

1. A memory device, comprising:

a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells disposed at intersections of wordlines and bitlines;

an error correction circuit configured to read data from the memory cell array and. to correct an error in the read data; and

an error check and scrub (ECS) circuit configured to perform a scrubbing operation on the memory cell array,

wherein the ECS circuit comprises:

a first register configured to store an error address obtained in the scrubbing operation; and

a second register configured to store a page offline address received from an external device, wherein when the page offline address is the same as the error address, the error address is removed from the first register.

2. The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the ECS circuit further comprises:

an ECS logic configured to perform the scrubbing operation according to a predetermined technique.

3. The memory device of claim 2 , wherein the ECS logic excludes the page offline address from error addresses detected in the scrubbing operation.

4. An operating method of a memory device, the operating method comprising:

receiving error check and scrub (ECS) mode information from a controller; and

operating an ECS address counter, in response to the ECS mode information, in a reverse direction to perform a scrubbing operation,

wherein the controller manages a mapping relationship between a logical address and a physical address of the memory device, generates a page offline address using an error address among error addresses obtained in the scrubbing operation and transmits the page offline address to the memory device.

5. The operating method of claim 4 , further comprising:

randomly selecting one error address, among the error addresses obtained in the scrubbing operation; and

reporting the selected address to the controller.

6. The operating method of claim 5 , further comprising:

resuming the scrubbing operation on the ECS address counter immediately before reporting the error address.

7. The operating method of claim 5 , further comprising:

operating the ECS address counter in a forward direction.

8. A controller, comprising:

a map management device configured to manage a mapping relationship between a logical address and a physical address of a memory device and to generate a page offline address using an error address received from the memory device; and

an error check and scrub (ECS) mode management device configured to manage an ECS mode of the merory device,

wherein the ECS mode management device transmits ECS mode information and the page offline address to the memory device.

9. The controller of claim 8 , wherein the ECS mode information and the page offline address are transmitted through at least one data line.

10. The controller of claim 8 , wherein the error address is transmitted through an error address-only line between the memory device and the controller.

11. The controller of claim 10 , wherein the error address-only line is provided for each memory chip.

12. The controller of claim 10 , wherein the error address-only line is provided for each pseudo channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2021
From: RYU, YESIN; AHN, SUNGGI; YOUN, JAEYOUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057018/0058 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0181670 · Dec 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220197739A1 · Jun 23, 2022
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