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Method for operating storage device determining wordlines for writing user data depending on reuse period

  • US 10,127,984 B2
  • Filed: 08/23/2016
  • Issued: 11/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a storage device including a flash memory, comprising:

  • calculating a reuse period of a selected memory block in the flash memory;

    determining a set of wordlines of the selected memory block for writing data based on the reuse period of the selected memory block;

    writing the data into the set of wordlines; and

    writing dummy data into a wordline of the selected memory block not in the set of wordlines,wherein writing the data comprises;

    writing dummy data to a dummy wordline having a lower reliability of the selected memory block; and

    writing the data to wordlines of the selected memory block sequentially from the dummy wordline.

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