US 11,954,347 B2
Memory system and operating method thereof
Mi Hee Lee, Icheon-si (KR); and Sung Jin Park, Icheon-si (KR)
Assigned to SK HYNIX INC., Icheon-si (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/525,021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0014792 (KR), filed on Feb. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0244852 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/064 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memory system comprising:
a plurality of memory devices including first and second memory devices, wherein each of the first and second memory devices includes a plurality of memory blocks, and memory blocks of the first and second memory devices form superblocks, and wherein the superblocks include a first superblock that includes memory blocks of the first and second memory devices and a second superblock that includes memory blocks of the first and second memory devices; and
a controller coupled to the plurality of memory devices to control operations performed on the plurality of memory devices, wherein the controller includes:
a first core unit configured to perform a first search operation for searching for a first unstable memory region in a first memory block in the first memory device; and
a second core unit configured to perform a second search operation for searching for a second unstable memory region in a second memory block in the second memory device,
wherein the first search operation and the second search operation are performed in parallel,
wherein the first unstable memory region is a memory region on which a last write operation is performed in the first memory block before an abnormal event occurs, and
wherein the second unstable memory region is a memory region on which a last write operation is performed in the second memory block before the abnormal event occurs.