Semiconductor device and method of operating the same
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorEui Jin KIM
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Abstract
A method of operating a semiconductor device may comprise storing data in memory cells coupled to first word lines of memory blocks including the first word lines and second word lines located respectively between the first word lines, detecting a memory block, where data stored in the memory cells of the first word lines is invalidated, from the memory blocks, and storing data in memory cells coupled to the second word lines of the detected memory block.
Claims20
A method of operating a semiconductor device, the method comprising:
- storing data in memory cells coupled to first word lines of memory blocks including the first word lines and second word lines located respectively between the first word lines;
- detecting a memory block, where data stored in the memory cells of the first word lines is invalidated, from the memory blocks;
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- storing data in memory cells coupled to the second word lines of the detected memory block.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- memory blocks, each memory block including first word lines and second word lines located respectively between the first word lines;
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- a peripheral circuit configured to store data in memory cells coupled to the first word lines of the memory blocks, and store data in memory cells coupled to the second word lines of detected memory block in the event that a memory block, where every data stored in the memory cells of the first word lines is invalidated, is detected from the memory blocks.
The semiconductor device of claim 18, wherein the peripheral circuit stores data in memory cells of the other first word lines in the event that a memory block, where data is stored in only memory cells of a part of the first word lines, is detected, and
- stores data in memory cells of the other second word lines in the event that a memory block, where data is stored in only memory cells of a part of the second word lines, is detected.
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a memory device configured to include memory blocks, each memory block including first word lines and second word lines located respectively between the first word lines;
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- a memory controller configured to control the memory device to store data in first memory cells coupled to the first word lines of a memory block selected from the memory blocks, and change a physical address to a logical address and output the logical address to the memory device, to store data in second memory cells coupled to the second word lines in the event that the data stored in the first memory cells are invalidated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.