Patents by Inventor KYUNGDUK LEE

KYUNGDUK LEE 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).

  • Publication number: 20220199162
    Abstract: An operating method of a storage device includes monitoring a temperature of a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, receiving a first request from a host, in response to the first request, transmitting a first command to the nonvolatile memory device when a first memory block corresponding to the first request is exposed at a temperature of a threshold temperature or higher for a first time period that is equal to or greater than a threshold time period and a second command to the nonvolatile memory device when the first memory block is exposed at a temperature lower than the threshold temperature for the threshold time period, charging word lines of the first memory block with a driving voltage in response to the first command, and performing a first operation corresponding to the first request in response to the first command or the second command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: YOUHWAN KIM, KYUNGDUK LEE
  • Patent number: 11314452
    Abstract: A method of controlling an operation of a nonvolatile memory device includes monitoring multiple data streams having different stream identifiers to determine a stream data characteristic of each of the multiple data streams, determining a plurality of operation conditions based on a plurality of operation environments, respectively, and determining one of the plurality of operation conditions as a stream operation condition of each of the multiple data streams based on the stream data characteristics of each of the multiple data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwoo Lim, Kyungduk Lee
  • Publication number: 20220121544
    Abstract: A method of operating a storage device including a plurality of nonvolatile memories, each of the plurality of nonvolatile memories including a temperature sensor, includes checking whether a predetermined temperature check cycle for the plurality of nonvolatile memories has been reached, monitoring, in response to the checking result, temperature information of at least some of the plurality of nonvolatile memories using the temperature sensor, obtaining standing time information of the plurality of nonvolatile memories by applying a temperature acceleration condition based on the monitored temperature information, and changing at least one of a plurality of driving parameters required for operating each of the plurality of nonvolatile memories based on at least one of the monitored temperature information and the obtained standing time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kyungduk Lee, Younsoo Cheon, Jihwa Lee
  • Patent number: 11232008
    Abstract: A method of operating a storage device including a plurality of nonvolatile memories, each of the plurality of nonvolatile memories including a temperature sensor, includes checking whether a predetermined temperature check cycle for the plurality of nonvolatile memories has been reached, monitoring, in response to the checking result, temperature information of at least some of the plurality of nonvolatile memories using the temperature sensor, obtaining standing time information of the plurality of nonvolatile memories by applying a temperature acceleration condition based on the monitored temperature information, and changing at least one of a plurality of driving parameters required for operating each of the plurality of nonvolatile memories based on at least one of the monitored temperature information and the obtained standing time information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyungduk Lee, Younsoo Cheon, Jihwa Lee
  • Patent number: 11195583
    Abstract: A method of accessing a nonvolatile memory device which includes a memory block where semiconductor layers including word lines are stacked includes receiving a write request for the memory block, determining whether the write request corresponds to one or more leading word lines, programming, in response to the write request determined as corresponding to the leading word lines, memory cells connected thereto in a first program mode, and programming, when the write request is determined as corresponding to a following word line different from the leading word lines, memory cells connected to the following word line in a second program mode. The second program mode is performed with a second program parameter including at least one of a number of program pulses, a number of program verify pulses, a program start voltage, and a program end voltage that is different from a corresponding first parameter of the first program mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Jihong Kim, Kyungduk Lee, Young-Seop Shim, Kirock Kwon, Myoung Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20210109856
    Abstract: A memory management method of a storage device including: programming write-requested data in a memory block; counting an elapse time from a time when a last page of the memory block was programmed with the write-requested data; triggering a garbage collection of the storage device when the elapse time exceeds a threshold value; and programming valid data collected by the garbage collection at a first clean page of the memory block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: KYUNGDUK LEE, YOUNG-SEOP SHIM
  • Publication number: 20200402580
    Abstract: A method of accessing a nonvolatile memory device which includes a memory block where semiconductor layers including word lines are stacked includes receiving a write request for the memory block, determining whether the write request corresponds to one or more leading word lines, programming, in response to the write request determined as corresponding to the leading word lines, memory cells connected thereto in a first program mode, and programming, when the write request is determined as corresponding to a following word line different from the leading word lines, memory cells connected to the following word line in a second program mode. The second program mode is performed with a second program parameter including at least one of a number of program pulses, a number of program verify pulses, a program start voltage, and a program end voltage that is different from a corresponding first parameter of the first program mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: JIHONG KIM, KYUNGDUK LEE, YOUNG-SEOP SHIM, KIROCK KWON, MYOUNG SEOK KIM
  • Publication number: 20200394114
    Abstract: A method of operating a storage device including a plurality of nonvolatile memories, each of the plurality of nonvolatile memories including a temperature sensor, includes checking whether a predetermined temperature check cycle for the plurality of nonvolatile memories has been reached, monitoring, in response to the checking result, temperature information of at least some of the plurality of nonvolatile memories using the temperature sensor, obtaining standing time information of the plurality of nonvolatile memories by applying a temperature acceleration condition based on the monitored temperature information, and changing at least one of a plurality of driving parameters required for operating each of the plurality of nonvolatile memories based on at least one of the monitored temperature information and the obtained standing time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kyungduk Lee, Younsoo Cheon, Jihwa Lee
  • Publication number: 20200393992
    Abstract: A method of controlling an operation of a nonvolatile memory device includes monitoring multiple data streams having different stream identifiers to determine a stream data characteristic of each of the multiple data streams, determining a plurality of operation conditions based on a plurality of operation environments, respectively, and determining one of the plurality of operation conditions as a stream operation condition of each of the multiple data streams based on the stream data characteristics of each of the multiple data streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jinwoo Lim, Kyungduk Lee
  • Patent number: 10713105
    Abstract: An operating method of a memory controller to control a nonvolatile memory device includes receiving information about operation failure from the nonvolatile memory device, receiving lock-out status information from the nonvolatile memory device, determining whether a lock-out signal is output based on the lock-out status information, and determining a failure block corresponding to the information about the operation failure as a normal block or a bad block depending on the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwangkyu Bang, Young-Seop Shim, Heeyoub Kang, Kyungduk Lee
  • Patent number: 10388395
    Abstract: A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device that detects loop counts of state pass loops of at least one target state of a plurality of target states, and generates state loop count information (SLCI) indicative of whether a program operation is successful based on the detected loop count of the state pass loops, during a program operation of selected memory cells; and a storage controller that makes a request to the nonvolatile memory device for the state loop count information in response to detection of an operation condition or an external command, and assigns a memory block in which the selected memory cells are included as a bad block based on the state loop count information from the nonvolatile memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungduk Lee, Young-Seop Shim
  • Publication number: 20190079816
    Abstract: An operating method of a memory controller to control a nonvolatile memory device includes receiving information about operation failure from the nonvolatile memory device, receiving lock-out status information from the nonvolatile memory device, determining whether a lock-out signal is output based on the lock-out status information, and determining a failure block corresponding to the information about the operation failure as a normal block or a bad block depending on the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: KWANGKYU BANG, YOUNG-SEOP SHIM, HEEYOUB KANG, KYUNGDUK LEE
  • Publication number: 20180286492
    Abstract: A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device that detects loop counts of state pass loops of at least one target state of a plurality of target states, and generates state loop count information (SLCI) indicative of whether a program operation is successful based on the detected loop count of the state pass loops, during a program operation of selected memory cells; and a storage controller that makes a request to the nonvolatile memory device for the state loop count information in response to detection of an operation condition or an external command, and assigns a memory block in which the selected memory cells are included as a bad block based on the state loop count information from the nonvolatile memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: KYUNGDUK LEE, YOUNG-SEOP SHIM