Storage device and method of operating the storage device according to charging
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorIn Jong JANG
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Abstract
Provided herein may be a storage device and a method of operating the storage device according to battery charging. The storage device may include a battery configured to supply power, a memory device including first blocks and second blocks, the first blocks programmed when the battery is in an uncharged state of being disconnected from a charging device, the second blocks on which a program operation is to be performed when the battery is in a charged state of being supplied with power from the charging device, and a memory controller configured to control operations performed in the memory device based on determining whether the battery is charged, and open the second blocks in response to the battery changing from the uncharged state to the charged state.
Claims21
A storage device comprising:
- a battery configured to supply power;
- a memory device including first blocks and second blocks, the first blocks programmed when the battery is in an uncharged state of being disconnected from a charging device, the second blocks on which a program operation is to be performed when the battery is in a charged state of being supplied with power from the charging device;
- and
- a memory controller configured to control operations performed in the memory device based on determining whether the battery is charged, and
- open the second blocks in response to the battery changing from the uncharged state to the charged state.
A method of operating a storage device, the method comprising:
- receiving first charge state information indicating that a battery for supplying power is being charged;
- controlling charge blocks to be open, the charge blocks on which a program operation is to be performed when the battery is being charged, among closed memory blocks included in a memory device based on the first charge state information;
- generating a charge map table corresponding to the charge blocks;
- and
- performing operations on the charge blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.