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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 dateJul 16, 2012
Grant dateApr 1, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 16, 2032

Classification

  • 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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