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Storage device and operating method of storage device

US9847140B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 2015
Grant dateDec 19, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C29/023
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An operating method of a storage device which includes a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory, may include tracking a clock signal; entering a vendor mode of the storage device when the clock signal corresponds to a vendor pattern; and maintaining a normal mode of the storage device when the clock signal does not correspond to the vendor pattern, wherein, in the normal mode, a command received from an external host device is executed according to a first rule, and wherein, in the vendor mode, the command received from the external host device is executed according to a second rule different from the first rule.

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