# US 12,182,395 B2 · Electronic apparatus, data storage device therefor, and operating method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,182,395 B2 - Document ID: US12182395B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/085,449 - Filed: 2022-12-20 - Published: 2024-01-25 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2022-07-25 - Assignees: SK hynix Inc. - Applicants: SK hynix Inc. - Inventors: Eu Joon Byun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12182395B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0604: {Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management} - G06F 3/0634: {by changing the state or mode of one or more devices} - G06F 3/0659: {Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling} - G06F 3/0673: {Single storage device} - G06F 3/0679: {Non-volatile semiconductor memory device, e.g. flash memory, one time programmable memory [OTP]} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic device includes an external device configured to determine a first performance index on the basis of at least one of a power level and a temperature signal, to put the first performance index into a command, and to output the command. The electronic device also includes a storage component including a plurality of memory dies. The electronic device further includes a memory controller configured to provide the temperature signal to the external device at a set transmission period, and to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating the number of memory dies corresponding to the first performance index as the command is received. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: an external device configured to determine a first performance index on the basis of at least one of a power level and a temperature signal, and to output a command including the first performance index; a storage component including a plurality of memory dies; and a memory controller configured to provide the temperature signal to the external device at a set transmission period, and to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating memory dies whose number corresponds to the first performance index as the command is received, wherein the external device is configured to transmit a mode control signal including a start time, an end time and a second performance index to the memory controller, and the memory controller is configured to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to the second performance index during a time interval from the start time to the end time. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the external device is configured to transmit the mode control signal including the transmission period to the memory controller. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the mode control signal further comprises a first exception time control information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the first exception time control information includes a third performance index for an exceptional time other than the time interval, and the memory controller is configured to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to the third performance index during the exceptional time. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the mode control signal comprises time-based control information including the start time, the end time, and the second performance index, command-based control information including the transmission period, and second exception time control information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the memory controller is configured to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to the first performance index or the second performance index according to whether the command is received from the external device during a time interval from the start time to the end time. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the second exception time control information includes a third performance index for an exceptional time other than a time interval from the start time to the end time, and the memory controller is configured to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to the third performance index during the exceptional time. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the second exception time control information includes a transmission period for an exceptional time other than a time interval from the start time to the end time. ### Claim 9 A data storage device comprising: a storage component including a temperature sensor and a plurality of memory dies; and a memory controller configured to provide a temperature signal based on the temperature sensor to an external device every set period in response to a mode control signal of the external device, and to control the storage component to process a command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to a first performance index as the command including the first performance index is received from the external device, wherein the external device is configured to transmit a mode control signal including a start time, an end time and a second performance index to the memory controller, and the memory controller is configured to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to the second performance index during a time interval from the start time to the end time. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The data storage device according to claim 9, wherein the mode control signal includes the transmission period. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The data storage device according to claim 9, wherein the mode control signal further comprises first exception time control information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The data storage device according to claim 11, wherein the first exception time control information includes a third performance index for an exceptional time other than the time interval, and the memory controller is configured to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to the third performance index during the exceptional time. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The data storage device according to claim 9, wherein the mode control signal comprises time-based control information including the start time, the end time, and the second performance index, command-based control information including the transmission period, and second exception time control information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The data storage device according to claim 13, wherein the memory controller is configured to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating the number of memory dies corresponding to the first performance index or a number of dies corresponding to the second performance index according to whether the command is received from the external device during a time interval from the start time to the end time. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The data storage device according to claim 13, wherein the second exception time control information includes a third performance index for an exceptional time other than a time interval from the start time to the end time, and the memory controller is configured to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to the third performance index during the exceptional time. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The data storage device according to claim 13, wherein the second exception time control information includes a transmission period for an exceptional time other than a time interval from the start time to the end time. ### Claim 17 An operating method of a data storage device, the operating method comprising: receiving, by a memory controller configured to control a storage component including a temperature sensor, a mode control signal from an external device; transmitting, by the memory controller, a temperature signal based on the temperature sensor to the external device every set period; and controlling, by the memory controller, the storage component to process a command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to a first performance index as the command including the first performance index is received from the external device, wherein the external device is configured to transmit a mode control signal including a start time, an end time and a second performance index to the memory controller, and the memory controller is configured to control the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to the second performance index during a time interval from the start time to the end time. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The operating method according to claim 17, wherein the mode control signal includes the transmission period. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The operating method according to claim 17, wherein the mode control signal further comprises first exception time control information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The operating method according to claim 19, wherein the first exception time control information includes a third performance index for an exceptional time other than the time interval, and the operating method further comprises: controlling, by the memory controller, the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to the third performance index during the exceptional time. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The operating method according to claim 17, wherein the mode control signal comprises time-based control information including the start time, the end time, and the second performance index, command-based control information including the transmission period, and second exception time control information. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The operating method according to claim 21, further comprising: controlling, by the memory controller, the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating the number of memory dies corresponding to the first performance index or a number of memory dies corresponding to the second performance index according to whether the command is received from the external device during a time interval from the start time to the end time. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The operating method according to claim 21, wherein the second exception time control information includes a third performance index for an exceptional time other than a time interval from the start time to the end time, and the operating method further comprises: controlling, by the memory controller, the storage component to process the command by simultaneously operating a number of memory dies corresponding to the third performance index during the exceptional time. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The operating method according to claim 21, wherein the second exception time control information includes a transmission period for an exceptional time other than a time interval from the start time to the end time.