Patents by Inventor Min-O SONG

Min-O SONG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11726694
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device. A memory controller controlling a memory package including a plurality of memory dies each including a plurality of memory blocks, the plurality of memory blocks controlled in units of super blocks each including at least one memory block selected from each of the plurality of memory dies includes a reclaim information storage storing reclaim information including read counts and migration level information related to the read counts, and a read reclaim controller migrating data stored in a target block having a read count exceeding a threshold count, and victim blocks selected according to the reclaim information to another super block different from a super block to which the target block belongs, wherein the victim blocks include memory blocks whose migration level information is the highest among memory blocks included in memory dies different from a memory die including the target block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Min O Song
  • Publication number: 20220308782
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device. A memory controller controlling a memory package including a plurality of memory dies each including a plurality of memory blocks, the plurality of memory blocks controlled in units of super blocks each including at least one memory block selected from each of the plurality of memory dies includes a reclaim information storage storing reclaim information including read counts and migration level information related to the read counts, and a read reclaim controller migrating data stored in a target block having a read count exceeding a threshold count, and victim blocks selected according to the reclaim information for another super block different from a super block, wherein the victim blocks include memory blocks whose the migration level information is the largest among memory blocks included in memory dies different from a memory die including the target block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Min O SONG
  • Patent number: 11126552
    Abstract: Disclosed are a memory system, a memory controller and a method for operating a memory controller. The memory controller manages statuses of respective pages by referring to a first memory and a second memory, the first memory stores a valid page table which includes valid page checking information of the respective pages, and the second memory caches a cache table which includes information for updating a part of the valid page table and has a size smaller than the valid page table, whereby it is possible to improve write performance through effective management of page status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Min-O Song
  • Patent number: 11003590
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a memory device storing host data provided from a host; and a memory controller managing and transferring the host data between the host and the memory device, wherein the memory controller comprises: a write buffer temporarily storing the host data to be transferred to the memory device; a buffer monitoring device checking a usage amount of the write buffer during a predetermined period; a buffer usage comparing device generating a flush control signal based on a usage amount comparison result by comparing the usage amount checked during a current period corresponding to the predetermined period with the usage amount checked during a previous period corresponding to the predetermined period; and a first flush device transferring the host data temporarily stored in the write buffer to the memory device in response to the flush control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Min-O Song
  • Publication number: 20200341896
    Abstract: Disclosed are a memory system, a memory controller and a method for operating a memory controller. The memory controller manages statuses of respective pages by referring to a first memory and a second memory, the first memory stores a valid page table which includes valid page checking information of the respective pages, and the second memory caches a cache table which includes information for updating a part of the valid page table and has a size smaller than the valid page table, whereby it is possible to improve write performance through effective management of page status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Min-O SONG
  • Publication number: 20200133882
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a memory device storing host data provided from a host; and a memory controller managing and transferring the host data between the host and the memory device, wherein the memory controller comprises: a write buffer temporarily storing the host data to be transferred to the memory device; a buffer monitoring device checking a usage amount of the write buffer during a predetermined period; a buffer usage comparing device generating a flush control signal based on a usage amount comparison result by comparing the usage amount checked during a current period corresponding to the predetermined period with the usage amount checked during a previous period corresponding to the predetermined period; and a first flush device transferring the host data temporarily stored in the write buffer to the memory device in response to the flush control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Min-O Song
  • Patent number: 10101909
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of memory chips each including a plurality of memory blocks grouped as one or more super blocks, wherein the memory blocks each include a plurality of pages suitable for storing write data requested from a host, and a controller suitable for checking a size of the write data and free pages of the super blocks, determining a first super block corresponding to the checked size of the write data based on the checked free pages among the super blocks, and programming the write data in memory blocks of the first super block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Min-O Song
  • Patent number: 9704583
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of memory chips, each of which includes a plurality of planes suitable for storing data and a plurality of page buffers respectively corresponding to the planes; and a controller suitable for transferring write data stored in a write buffer thereof to a first page buffer of a first chip, releasing the write buffer and a first plane corresponding to the first page buffer in the first chip after the transfer to the first page buffer, and programming the write data in the first planes after the release from the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Min-O Song
  • Publication number: 20160313931
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of memory chips, each of which includes a plurality of planes suitable for storing data and a plurality of page buffers respectively corresponding to the planes; and a controller suitable for transferring write data stored in a write buffer thereof to a first page buffer of a first chip, releasing the write buffer and a first plane corresponding to the first page buffer in the first chip after the transfer to the first page buffer, and programming the write data in the first planes after the release from the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Min-O SONG
  • Publication number: 20160274791
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of memory chips each including a plurality of memory blocks grouped as one or more super blocks, wherein the memory blocks each include a plurality of pages suitable for storing write data requested from a host, and a controller suitable for checking a size of the write data and free pages of the super blocks, determining a first super block corresponding to the checked size of the write data based on the checked free pages among the super blocks, and programming the write data in memory blocks of the first super block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Min-O SONG