US 11,995,343 B2
Storage device and operating method thereof
Jae Woong Jeong, Icheon (KR); In Bo Shim, Icheon (KR); Na Yeong Kim, Icheon (KR); and Dal Gon Kim, Icheon (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Icheon (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Icheon (KR)
Filed on May 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/736,815.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0173983 (KR), filed on Dec. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176771 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0655 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage device, comprising:
a first memory device including:
an interface,
a redriver, and
one or more memory cell arrays;
a second memory device directly coupled to the first memory device; and
a memory controller directly coupled to the first memory device, indirectly coupled to the second memory device through the first memory device, and configured to transmit, to the first memory device, a signal that includes a target ID indicating a selected memory device,
wherein the interface of the first memory device is configured to distribute the signal based on the target ID, and
wherein the redriver is configured to receive the signal from the interface and to redrive the signal such that the signal is transferred to the second memory device.