MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160371025A1
• Filed: 12/03/2015
• Published: 12/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shinsung International Patent & Law Firm, SK Hynix Inc.
• Original Assignee: Shinsung International Patent & Law Firm, SK Hynix Inc.
• Inventors: PARK, Sang-Jun, JOO, Do-Young, JEONG, Jong-Bae
• Application Number:
  US14/958,581
• Publication Number:
  US 20160371025A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0688 Non-volatile semiconductor memory arrays

Abstract

A memory system may include a memory device including a plurality of planes each including a plurality of memory blocks; and a controller suitable for storing first and second command data corresponding to first and second commands in a first and a second sub-buffer of a buffer or one or more extra page buffers among page buffers included in the plurality of planes, respectively, according to a priority information and a size information of the first and second commands, and performing first and second command operations in response to the first and second commands, respectively.

Claims

1. A memory system comprising:

a memory device comprising a plurality of planes each including a plurality of memory blocks; and

a controller suitable for storing first and second command data corresponding to first and second commands in a first and a second sub-buffer of a buffer or one or more extra page buffers among page buffers included in the plurality of planes, respectively, according to a priority information and a size information of the first and second commands, and performing first and second command operations in response to the first and second commands, respectively.

2. The memory system of claim 1, wherein the controller allocates first and second groups of segments to the first and second sub-buffers, respectively, according to the size information of the first and second commands.

3. The memory system of claim 2,

wherein the controller firstly performs the first command operation of a higher priority to the second command operation, and

wherein, when the second group of segments are insufficient to fully store the second command data during the first command operation, the controller stores the second command data in the extra page buffers.

4. The memory system of claim 3, wherein the controller stores in the buffer a segment allocation list indicating that the second command data are stored in the extra page buffers.

5. The memory system of claim 3, wherein, when the first command operation is completed, the controller adjusts sizes of the first and second groups of segments such that the second group of segments is sufficient to fully store the second command data, and then allocates the adjusted second group of segments to the second sub-buffer.

6. The memory system of claim 5, wherein the controller moves the second command data from the extra page buffers to the second sub-buffer to which the adjusted second group of segments is allocated, and performs the second command operation.

7. The memory system of claim 2,

wherein the controller firstly performs the first command operation of a lower priority to the second command operation, and

wherein when the second group of segments is insufficient to fully store the second command data during the first command operation, the controller stores the first command data in the extra page buffers.

8. The memory system of claim 7, wherein, when the controller completes the storing of the first command data in the extra page buffer, the controller adjusts sizes of the first and second groups of segments in order that the second group of segments is sufficient to fully store the second command data, and then allocates the adjusted second group of segments to the second sub-buffer.

9. The memory system of claim 8, wherein, when the second command operation is completed, the controller adjusts sizes of the first and second groups of segments in order that the first group of segments is sufficient to fully store the first command data, and then allocates the adjusted first group of segments to the first sub-buffer.

10. The memory system of claim 9, wherein the controller moves the first command data from the extra page buffers to the first sub-buffer, to which the adjusted first group of segments is allocated, and resumes the first command operation.

11. An operating method of a memory system including a plurality of planes each including a plurality of memory blocks, comprising:

storing first and second command data corresponding to first and second commands in a first and a second sub-buffer of a buffer or one or more extra page buffers among page buffers included in the plurality of planes, respectively, according to a priority information and a size information of the first and second commands, and

performing first and second command operations in response to the first and second commands, respectively.

12. The operating method of claim 11, wherein the storing of the first and second command data allocates first and second groups of segments to the first and second sub-buffers, respectively, according to the size information of the first and second commands.

13. The operating method of claim 12,

wherein the performing of the first and second command operations includes firstly performing the first command operation of a higher priority to the second command operation, and

wherein, when the second group of segments is insufficient to fully store the second command data during the first command operation, the storing of the first and second command data includes storing the second command data in the extra page buffers.

14. The operating method of claim 13, wherein the storing of the first and second command data includes storing in the buffer a segment allocation list indicating that the second command data are stored in the extra page buffers.

15. The operating method of claim 13, when the first command operation is completed, the storing of the first and second command data includes adjusting sizes of the first and second groups of segments in order that the second group of segments is sufficient to fully store the second command data, and then allocating the adjusted second group of segments to the second sub-buffer.

16. The operating method of claim 15, wherein the storing of the first and second command data includes moving the second command data from the extra page buffers to the second sub-buffer, to which the adjusted second group of segments is allocated, and the performing of the first and second command operations includes performing the second command operation.

17. The operating method of claim 12,

wherein the performing of the first and second command operations includes firstly performing the first command operation of a lower priority to the second command operation, and

wherein when the second group of segments is insufficient to fully store the second command data during the first command operation, the storing of the first and second command data includes storing the first command data in the extra page buffers.

18. The operating method of claim 17, wherein, when the storing of the first and second command data completes the storing of the first command data in the extra page buffer, the storing of the first and second command data includes adjusting sizes of the first and second groups of segments in order that the second group of segments is sufficient to fully store the second command data, and then allocating the adjusted second group of segments to the second sub-buffer.

19. The memory system of claim 18, wherein, when the second command operation is completed, the storing of the first and second command data includes adjusting sizes of the first and second groups of segments in order that the first group of segments is sufficient to fully store the first command data, and then allocating the adjusted first group of segments to the first sub-buffer.

20. The operating method of claim 19, wherein the storing of the first and second command data includes moving the first command data from the extra page buffers to the first sub-buffer, to which the adjusted first group of segments is allocated, and the performing of the first and second command operations includes resuming the first command operation.