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Storage device, memory controller and operating method of the memory controller

US11334281B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 2020
Grant dateMay 17, 2022
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D10/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device, and more particularly, a storage device for mitigating periods where a peak current occurs from currents overlapping is provided. The storage device includes a memory device including a plurality of dies and a memory controller controlling the memory device. The memory device generates status information about an amount of current consumed by each of the plurality of dies during a busy period when all of the plurality of dies are in a busy state, and wherein the memory controller determines, based on the status information, whether peak currents for multiple dies of the plurality of dies are consumed in a common sub-period of a plurality of sub-periods which span the busy period, and when it is determined that peak currents for multiple dies are consumed in the common sub-period, the memory controller controls the memory device to suspend an operation on a die among the plurality of dies.

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