US 12,287,979 B2
Data storage apparatus and operating method thereof
Jin Pyo Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/390,533.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0099792 (KR), filed on Jul. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0044967 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/064 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 3/0658 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data storage apparatus comprising:
a nonvolatile memory device including a dump region configured to temporarily store data in response to a state of power applied thereto; and
a controller configured to:
monitor health information of the dump region,
generate environmental information corresponding to a power loss protection (PLP) operation based on the health information, and
share the environmental information with an external device.