DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150052290A1
• Filed: 10/16/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
• Original Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
• Inventors: UM, Gi Pyo, PARK, Jong Ju
• Application Number:
  US14/055,582
• Publication Number:
  US 20150052290A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1441 Resetting or repowering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/0246 in block erasable memory, e.g. flash memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2212/1032 Reliability improvement, data loss prevention, degraded operation etc
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2212/7201 Logical to physical mapping or translation of blocks or pages
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0619 in relation to data integrity, e.g. data losses, bit errors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/064 Management of blocks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/065 Replication mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0679 Non-volatile semiconductor memory device, e.g. flash memory, one time programmable memory [OTP]

Abstract

An operating method of a data storage device includes comparing the number of address mapping table segments containing changed address mapping information with a backup reference value, and backing up the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information in response to the comparison result.

Claims

1. An operating method of a data storage device, the operating method comprising:

comparing the number of address mapping table segments containing changed address mapping information with a backup reference value; and

backing up the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information in response to the comparison result.

2. The operating method according to claim 1, wherein the comparing the number of address mapping table segments containing changed address mapping information with the backup reference value comprises

determining whether or not the number of the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information is greater than or equal to the backup reference value.

3. The operating method according to claim 2, wherein, when the number of the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information is greater than or equal to the backup reference value, the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information are backed up.

4. The operating method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting whether or not there are the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information while an operation responsive to a request is performed.

5. The operating method according to claim 4, wherein the detecting whether or not there are the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information comprises

managing the number of the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information while the operation is performed.

6. The operating method according to claim 1, further comprising:

changing the backup reference value to adjust a frequency at which the backing up the address mapping table segments is performed.

7. The operating method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a write request from a host device.

8. The operating method according to claim 7, further comprising:

performing a write operation on a nonvolatile memory device in response to the write request.

9. A data storage device comprising:

a nonvolatile memory device;

a volatile memory device suitable for storing an address mapping table divided into a plurality of address mapping table segments, in order to map a physical address of the nonvolatile memory device to a logical address provided from a host device; and

a controller suitable for controlling the nonvolatile memory device based on the address mapping table loaded into the volatile memory device in response to a request from the host device,

wherein the controller backs up address mapping table segments containing changed address mapping information into the nonvolatile memory device in response to a comparison result obtained by comparing the number of the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information with a backup reference value.

11. The data storage device according to claim 9, wherein the controller delays a backup operation for the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information, when the number of the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information is less than the backup reference value.

12. The data storage device according to claim 9, wherein the controller detects whether or not the address mapping information of each of the address mapping table segments is changed.

13. The data storage device according to claim 12, wherein the controller sorts address mapping table segments containing one or more pieces of changed address mapping information, and manages the number of the sorted address mapping table segments.

14. The data storage device according to claim 9, wherein the controller comprises a dynamic backup storage unit suitable for storing the address mapping table segments containing one or more pieces of changed address mapping information and the number of the sorted address mapping table segments.

15. The data storage device according to claim 9, wherein the controller changes the backup reference value to adjust a frequency at which a backup operation for the address mapping table segments is performed.

16. The data storage device according to claim 9, wherein the controller comprises a dynamic backup comparison unit suitable for storing the backup reference value, and comparing the number of the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information with the backup reference value.

10. The data storage device according to claim wherein the controller backs up the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information from the volatile memory device into the nonvolatile memory device, when the number of the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information is greater than or equal to the backup reference value.

17. A data storage device comprising:

a nonvolatile memory device; and

a controller suitable for controlling the nonvolatile memory device based on an address mapping table in response to a request from a host device,

wherein the controller comprises;

a storage unit suitable for storing the number of address mapping table segments containing changed address mapping information, and

a comparison unit suitable for comparing the number of the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information with a backup reference value,

wherein the controller dynamically performs a backup operation for the address mapping table in response to a comparison result from the comparison unit.

18. The data storage device according to claim 17, wherein the controller backs up the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information when the number of the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information is greater than or equal to the backup reference value.

19. The data storage device according to claim 17, wherein the controller delays the backup operation for the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information when the number of the address mapping table segments containing the changed address mapping information is less than the backup reference value.

20. The data storage device according to claim 17, wherein the controller adjusts a frequency of the backup operation by changing the backup reference value.