• Patent Title: Memory controller for controlling different numbers of memory devices and storage device including the same
  • Application No.: US17036791
    Application Date: 2020-09-29
  • Publication No.: US11543998B2
    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
  • Inventor: Soo Jin Park
  • Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
  • Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
  • Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
  • Current Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
  • Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
  • Agency: IP & T Group LLP
  • Priority: KR10-2020-0046868 20200417
  • Main IPC: G06F3/06
  • IPC: G06F3/06
Memory controller for controlling different numbers of memory devices and storage device including the same
Abstract:
A storage device includes first and second memory devices, and a memory controller. The first memory devices correspond to a main data area. The second memory devices correspond to a reserved area. The memory controller is coupled to the first and second memory devices through first and second channels. A number of first memory devices coupled to the memory controller through the first channel is equal to a number of first memory devices coupled to the memory controller through the second channel, and a number of second memory devices coupled to the memory controller through the first channel is different from a number of second memory devices coupled to the memory controller through the second channel. The memory controller selects a memory device on which a write operation is to be performed, based on a memory state of the first and second memory devices.
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