US 12,436,717 B2
Memory controller and operating method thereof
Hyun Sub Kim, Seongnam (KR); Ie Ryung Park, Suwon (KR); Dong Sop Lee, Yongin (KR); and Sung Yeob Cho, Yongin (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Icheon (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Icheon (KR)
Filed on May 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/677,655.
Application 17/824,803 is a division of application No. 16/888,444, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 11,507,310, issued on Nov. 22, 2022.
Application 18/677,655 is a continuation of application No. 17/824,803, filed on May 25, 2022, granted, now 12,026,400.
Application 16/888,444 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/868,116, filed on May 6, 2020, granted, now 11,355,213, issued on Jun. 7, 2022.
Application 16/888,444 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/841,030, filed on Apr. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,264,086, issued on Mar. 1, 2022.
Application 16/888,444 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/730,826, filed on Dec. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,257,530, issued on Feb. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0108259 (KR), filed on Sep. 2, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0149055 (KR), filed on Nov. 19, 2019; and application No. 10-2020-0011548 (KR), filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0311056 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0659 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 11/5621 (2013.01); G11C 11/5671 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A controller for controlling a plurality of memory devices, the controller comprising:
a request checker configured to select, based on a request to perform an operation, one of the memory devices; and
a dummy pulse generator configured to adjust, by applying a dummy pulse, current supplied to the selected memory device to control current consumption of the plurality of memory devices.