US 12,229,442 B2
Storage device and method of operation thereof
Youngwoo Park, Cheonan-si (KR); and Taeduk Nam, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/708,771.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0089918 (KR), filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007903 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0659 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0632 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage device comprising:
a printed circuit board including a connector including a plurality of pins capable of being coupled to an external host device, a controller socket, a first slot, a second slot, a third slot, and a fourth slot;
a first universal flash storage (UFS) device, a second UFS device, a third UFS device, and a fourth UFS device, wherein each UFS device of the first to fourth UFS devices is removably installed in a corresponding slot of the first to fourth slots; and
a storage controller mounted in the controller socket, and configured to control the first to fourth UFS devices,
wherein the first UFS device and the second UFS device are configured to communicate with the storage controller in compliance with the UFS standard protocol through a first channel while the first channel is directly connected to the storage controller, the first UFS device is directly connected to the first channel, and the second UFS device is directly connected to the first channel, and
wherein the third UFS device and the fourth UFS device are configured to communicate with the storage controller in compliance with the UFS standard protocol through a second channel while the second channel is directly connected to the storage controller, the third UFS device is directly connected to the second channel, and the fourth UFS device is directly connected to the second channel.