IP Library Granted Patent US 12,469,566
Granted Patent B2
US 12,469,566 · App. 18/325,730 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Memory device performing read operation and method of operating the same

Inventors: Hyeok Chan Sohn (Icheon-si, KR); Beom Ju Shin (Icheon-si, KR); Byung Ryul Kim (Icheon-si, KR); Kang Wook Jo (Icheon-si, KR)
Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
G11C16/26G11C16/12
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Patent No.
US 12,469,566
App. No.
18/325,730
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present technology relates to an electronic device. A memory device according to the present technology may include a first plane, a second plane, a data input/output circuit, and an encoder. The data input/output circuit may output data read from the first and second planes. The encoder may compress second data read from the second plane while first data read from the first plane is being output. The data input/output circuit may output the compressed second data after outputting the first data.

Claims (42)

1 . A memory device comprising:

a first plane and a second plane;

a data input/output circuit configured to output data read from the first plane and the second plane; and

an encoder configured to compress second data read from the second plane while first data read from the first plane is output;

wherein the data input/output circuit outputs the compressed second data consecutively after outputting the first data.

2 . The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the first data is hard data obtained using a default read voltage, and

wherein the second data is soft data obtained using a soft read voltage determined based on the default read voltage.

3 . The memory device of claim 2 , wherein, while fourth data read from the second plane is output, the encoder compresses third data read from the first plane; and

wherein the third data is the soft data corresponding to the first data and the fourth data is the hard data corresponding to the second data.

4 . The memory device of claim 3 , wherein the data input/output circuit outputs the compressed third data after outputting the fourth data.

5 . The memory device of claim 1 , wherein the data input/output circuit transmits the first data and the second data to an external controller.

6 . The memory device of claim 3 , further comprising a read and write circuit configured to sense the first data and the second data from the first plane and the second plane.

7 . The memory device of claim 6 , wherein the read and write circuit senses the third data and the fourth data from the first plane and the second plane, respectively, while the compressed second data is output.

8 . The memory device of claim 7 , wherein the read and write circuit comprises:

a first page buffer group configured to sense data stored in the first plane; and

a second page buffer group configured to sense data stored in the second plane, and

the first page buffer group senses the first data from the first plane while the second page buffer group senses the second data from the second plane.

9 . The memory device of claim 8 , wherein the first page buffer group comprises:

a main latch configured to sense the first data stored in a selected page in the first plane; and

a cache latch configured to store the first data received from the main latch and output the first data to the data input/output circuit.

10 . The memory device of claim 9 , wherein the main latch senses the third data stored in the selected page when the first data is stored in the cache latch.

11 . A method of operating a memory device, the method comprising:

outputting first data read from a first plane;

compressing second data read from a second plane while the first data is output; and

outputting the compressed second data consecutively after outputting the first data.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

outputting fourth data read from the second plane;

compressing third data read from the first plane while the fourth data is output; and

outputting the compressed third data after outputting the fourth data

wherein the third data corresponds to the first data and the fourth data corresponds to the second data.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the first data and the fourth data are hard data obtained using a default read voltage, and

wherein the second data and the third data are soft data obtained using a soft read voltage determined based on the default read voltage.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the first data and the second data are transmitted to an external controller.

15 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

sensing the first data and the second data from the first plane and the second plane.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising sensing the third and fourth data from the first plane and the second plane, respectively, while the second data is output.

17 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the compressed third data is output consecutively after outputting the fourth data.

18 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the fourth data is output consecutively after outputting the second data.

19 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

sensing a fifth data from a third plane while the first data is sensed,

wherein the fifth data is output after outputting the compressed third data.

20 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the third data is sensed when the first data is stored in the cache latch.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2023
From: SOHN, HYEOK CHAN; SHIN, BEOM JU; KIM, BYUNG RYUL; JO, KANG WOOK
To: SK HYNIX INC.
Reel/Frame 063798/0404 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0166957 · Dec 2, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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