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Storage device including nonvolatile memory device and controller with varied read weights

US10049755B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 3, 2017
Grant dateAug 14, 2018
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Expiry dateFeb 3, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/26
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller. The nonvolatile memory device includes multiple memory blocks, each of which includes memory cells. The controller reads data from selected memory cells of a memory block selected from the memory blocks during a read operation. The selected memory cells correspond to both a word line and a string selection line selected as a read target. The controller increases a read count by a read weight corresponding to the selected word line and string selection line of the selected memory block, and performs a refresh operation on the selected memory cells if the read count reaches a threshold value. In the selected memory block, two or more read weights are assigned according to locations of the string selection lines and the word lines.

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