Patents by Inventor Soong-Sun SHIN

Soong-Sun SHIN 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: 20200057728
    Abstract: a memory system includes a memory device comprising a plurality of memory cells storing data, and configured to perform one or more of a write operation, read operation and erase operation on the plurality of memory cells; and a controller configured to control an operation of the memory device, wherein the controller is configured to: cache a logical block addressing (LBA) mapping table from the memory device when the memory system is powered on by driving power applied thereto; and transfer a direct memory access (DMA) setup to a host when the LBA mapping table is cached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Duck Hoi KOO, Soong Sun SHIN, Sang Hyun KIM
  • Patent number: 10558368
    Abstract: This technology relates to a memory system in which a plurality of memory devices operates in an interleaving manner and an operating method of the memory system. The memory system may include a plurality of memory devices, a host controller suitable for generating a plurality of internal read commands by splitting an external read command applied from a host in a minimum read size, and a memory controller suitable for checking information about internal read commands which belong to the plurality of internal read commands and which are sequentially late in a section in which a read operation is performed on the plurality of memory devices based on check values of information about internal read commands which belong to the plurality of internal read commands and which are sequentially ahead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dae-Hong Kim, Soong-Sun Shin
  • Publication number: 20200026460
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a storage medium; a buffer memory configured to temporarily store data to be inputted to, or outputted from, the storage medium; and a controller configured to control data exchange with the storage medium, allocate a write tag to a write command, and change an attribute of the write tag according to a processing status of the write command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Soong Sun SHIN, Han CHOI, Jin Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20200026441
    Abstract: There are provided a storage device having improved security and an operating method thereof. In a storage device including a memory controller for controlling a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, the storage device includes: a host interface configured to receive an analog connection request signal provided by a host; and a host access controller configured to control access by the host according to host information acquired from the connection request signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jin Soo KIM, Soong Sun SHIN
  • Patent number: 10528469
    Abstract: An memory system includes a memory device that includes a first memory block and a super memory block including simultaneously controllable second memory blocks and a controller including a memory, and suitable for storing a data corresponding to a command in the memory, deciding a type of the command and a type of the data, and controlling the memory device to write the data in the first memory block or the super memory block based on the type of the command and the type of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Duck-Hoi Koo, Soong-Sun Shin
  • Patent number: 10521138
    Abstract: A memory system including a nonvolatile memory device storing operation logs and map data; a volatile memory for temporarily storing the map data; and a controller flushing the map data from the volatile memory into the nonvolatile memory device by units of map data groups, and rebuilding the map data by selectively reading the map data by the units of map data groups from the nonvolatile memory device into the volatile memory according to the operation logs, wherein the operation logs indicate: locations of first and last pages to store the flushed map data; a start of an error management operation to a program error during the flushing of the map data; and a location of a last page storing normally flushed map data before an occurrence of the program error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Duck-Hoi Koo, Yong-Tae Kim, Soong-Sun Shin, Cheon-Ok Jeong
  • Patent number: 10514866
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device configured to have a temperature sensor; and a controller, wherein the nonvolatile memory device performs an operation based on an operation command outputted from the controller, and transmits a temperature information measured by the temperature sensor along with an operation result to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Soo Kim, Soong Sun Shin, Han Choi
  • Publication number: 20190384681
    Abstract: A method for operating a data storage device which includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, includes generating a valid page count table including the number of valid pages of each of closed blocks among the plurality of memory blocks in which data are written in all pages thereof and the number of valid pages of at least one open block among the plurality of memory blocks in which data is written in a part of pages thereof; generating a valid page scan table including a scan pointer for scanning the number of valid pages of the open block; and backing up the valid page count table and the valid page scan table in a meta block among the plurality of memory blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Duck Hoi KOO, Yong Tae KIM, Soong Sun SHIN, Cheon Ok JEONG
  • Patent number: 10503436
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a storage device and a method of operating the same. A storage device for protecting the storage device from physical movement may include a nonvolatile memory device, a sensor unit configured to collect information about physical movement of the storage device, and a memory controller configured to perform a device lock operation of protecting data in the nonvolatile memory device, based on a sensor value acquired from the sensor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Soo Kim, Soong Sun Shin
  • Publication number: 20190361778
    Abstract: A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of storage regions; and a controller. The controller may be coupled between a host and the memory device, and perform a read retry operation when a read error occurs in any one of the storage regions based on occurrence possibilities for a plurality of different type of defects in any one storage region where a read error occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yong-Tae KIM, Soong-Sun SHIN, Duck-Hoi KOO
  • Patent number: 10430297
    Abstract: A method for operating a data storage device which includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, includes generating a valid page count table including the number of valid pages of each of closed blocks among the plurality of memory blocks in which data are written in all pages thereof and the number of valid pages of at least one open block among the plurality of memory blocks in which data is written in a part of pages thereof; generating a valid page scan table including a scan pointer for scanning the number of valid pages of the open block; and backing up the valid page count table and the valid page scan table in a meta block among the plurality of memory blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Duck Hoi Koo, Yong Tae Kim, Soong Sun Shin, Cheon Ok Jeong
  • Patent number: 10379955
    Abstract: A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of storage regions; and a controller. The controller may be coupled between a host and the memory device, and perform a read retry operation when a read error occurs in any one of the storage regions based on occurrence possibilities for a plurality of different type of defects in any one storage region where a read error occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Yong-Tae Kim, Soong-Sun Shin, Duck-Hoi Koo
  • Patent number: 10318167
    Abstract: A memory system includes: a memory device; and a controller suitable for controlling the memory device, wherein the controller performs a read operation in a first region of the memory device in response to a read command from a host, and sets a second region of the memory device, into which data stored in the first region is to be copied, based on a read number of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Soong-Sun Shin
  • Publication number: 20190155543
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device configured to have a temperature sensor; and a controller, wherein the nonvolatile memory device performs an operation based on an operation command outputted from the controller, and transmits a temperature information measured by the temperature sensor along with an operation result to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Jin Soo KIM, Soong Sun SHIN, Han CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190138447
    Abstract: A controller may include a memory suitable for caching write data and map data corresponding to the write data; and a processor suitable for flushing the cached map data in a memory device, and then storing the write data in the memory device, wherein the map data includes location information of the write data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Duck-Hoi KOO, Yong-Tae KIM, Soong-Sun SHIN, Cheon-Ok JEONG
  • Patent number: 10282271
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a storage device and a method of operating the same. In a storage device for controlling operational performance depending on temperature, a memory controller configured to control a memory device may include an internal temperature sensing unit configured to generate an internal temperature information by sensing a temperature of the memory controller and a performance adjustment unit configured to receive an external temperature information from an external temperature sensing unit, and controlling operational performance of the memory controller using the internal temperature information and the external temperature information, wherein the external temperature information represents a temperature of the memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Soong Sun Shin, Sang Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20190065113
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a storage device and a method of operating the same. A storage device for protecting the storage device from physical movement may include a nonvolatile memory device, a sensor unit configured to collect information about physical movement of the storage device, and a memory controller configured to perform a device lock operation of protecting data in the nonvolatile memory device, based on a sensor value acquired from the sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Jin Soo KIM, Soong Sun SHIN
  • Publication number: 20190065362
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller configured to control an operation of the nonvolatile memory device. The controller includes a volatile memory including a first index storage unit in which first index information for first data buffers are stored and a second index storage unit in which second index information for second data buffers are stored, a first central processing unit (CPU) configured to perform allocation and release of allocation of the first data buffers by accessing the first index storage unit of the volatile memory, and a second CPU configured to perform allocation and release of allocation of the second data buffers by accessing the second index storage unit of the volatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Soong Sun SHIN, Duck Hoi KOO, Yong Tae KIM, Cheon Ok JEONG
  • Publication number: 20190065102
    Abstract: There are provided a memory system and an operating method thereof. An operating method of a memory system includes: receiving a read command from a host; a first search process of search for data corresponding to the read command in a controller memory buffer; and a first transfer process of transferring the data to the host, wherein the controller memory buffer is accessible by the host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Soong Sun SHIN, Jin Soo KIM, Han CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190057049
    Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of planes; and a controller suitable for determining whether a first read operation for the nonvolatile memory device is a random read operation, and accessing at least one first target plane of the first read operation, according to an access merge process, depending on a determination result, wherein the controller simultaneously accesses the first target plane and at least one second target plane included in the nonvolatile memory device, according to the access merge process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Duck Hoi KOO, Soong Sun SHIN, Yong Tae KIM, Cheon Ok JEONG