Memory system for adjusting read reclaim counts and method for operating the same

#This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/701,656, filed on Sep. 12, 2017, which claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2016-0181180, filed on Dec. 28, 2016, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties its entirety.

#Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a memory system and a method for operating the memory system.

#The computer environment paradigm has changed to ubiquitous computing systems that can be used anytime and anywhere. Due to this fact, use of portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, and notebook computers has rapidly increased. These portable electronic devices generally use a memory system having one or more memory devices for storing data. A memory system may be used as a main memory or an auxiliary memory of a portable electronic device.

#FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a data processing system including a memory system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of a memory device employed in the memory system of FIG. 1.

#FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of a memory cell array of a memory block in the memory device of FIG. 2.

#Various embodiments of the present invention are described below in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. We note, however, that the present invention may be embodied in different other embodiments, forms and variations thereof and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, the described embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the present invention to those skilled in the art to which this invention pertains. Throughout the disclosure, like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various figures and embodiments of the present invention.

#It will be understood that, although the terms “first”, “second”, “third”, and so on may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements are not limited by these terms. These terms are used to distinguish one element from another element. Thus, a first element described below could also be termed as a second or third element without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

#The drawings are not necessarily to scale and, in some instances, proportions may have been exaggerated in order to clearly illustrate features of the embodiments.