Method of operating memory controller, and memory system, memory card and portable electronic device including the memory controller
US8689082B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 16, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C2211/5644
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of operating a memory controller includes reading data from a first block of a memory device; detecting degraded pages from a plurality of pages of the first block and counting a number of the degraded pages in the first block; and recharging or reclaiming the first block, which includes the degraded pages, based on the counted number of the degraded pages.
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