KR101507912B1 - Memory apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents

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KR101507912B1
KR101507912B1 KR20130143892A KR20130143892A KR101507912B1 KR 101507912 B1 KR101507912 B1 KR 101507912B1 KR 20130143892 A KR20130143892 A KR 20130143892A KR 20130143892 A KR20130143892 A KR 20130143892A KR 101507912 B1 KR101507912 B1 KR 101507912B1
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Abstract

According to the method of operating a memory device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, bad block information (integrated bad block information) for a plurality of memory chips in an environment using a plurality of memory chips (flash memory chips) Discloses a memory device and a method of operating the memory device that can quickly and accurately recover and efficiently manage the memory device.

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[0001] MEMORY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a memory device and a method of operating the same, and more particularly, to a memory device and an operation method thereof that can quickly and accurately recover bad block information for a plurality of memory chips in an environment using a plurality of memory chips And a method of operating the memory device.

A flash memory having a plurality of flash memory chips basically supports a memory operation of a read operation, a write operation, and an erase operation. The write operation and the read operation are executed in page units in the flash memory chip, and the erase operation is executed in block units in which pages are assembled.

However, in general, a flash memory chip has a bad block in which read, write, and erase operations are not normally performed due to various factors.

Accordingly, in a flash memory based storage device employing a flash memory, a bad block list for bad blocks in each flash memory chip of the flash memory is managed to prevent (prevent) a request for a memory operation for a bad block, .

Hereinafter, an existing method of managing bad block information associated with a bad block list will be briefly described.

Conventionally, in a flash memory-based storage device, bad block information is generated for a plurality of flash memory chips by searching for a bad block for all blocks in a plurality of flash memory chips provided in the flash memory, In a flash memory chip of one of a plurality of flash memory chips.

The flash memory based storage device reads bad block information from a single flash memory chip in which bad block information is recorded among a plurality of flash memory chips in a nonvolatile flash memory, Into a bad block list of a form that can be easily utilized and stored in a volatile storage area.

Thus, in the flash memory-based storage device, when the control software requests the flash memory to utilize the bad block list stored in the volatile storage area, a memory operation for the bad block of the flash memory is requested from the control software Can be blocked.

However, in the conventional method of managing the bad block information as described above, since one bad block information is recorded in only one flash memory chip among a plurality of flash memory chips, if the flash memory chip storing the bad block information is replaced If bad block information is lost due to damage or the like, bad block information must be generated by searching for a bad block for all blocks in a plurality of flash memory chips from the beginning.

In this way, it is not only a long time-consuming task to regenerate the bad block information, but also it is difficult to search the bad block accurately for the used flash memory chip. do.

As a result, according to the conventional method of managing bad block information, it may be difficult to maintain the bad block list as accurate and up-to-date information at all times.

Accordingly, the present invention proposes a method for quickly and accurately restoring and efficiently managing bad block information for a plurality of flash memory chips, and solves the above-described problems.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to quickly and accurately recover bad block information for a plurality of memory chips in an environment using a plurality of memory chips (flash memory chips) And a method of operating the memory device.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a memory device comprising: a chip bad block information recording unit for recording chip bad block information for a bad block among blocks in a memory chip, for each of a plurality of memory chips; An information search unit for searching the plurality of memory chips for integrated bad block information for bad blocks among all blocks in the plurality of memory chips; And generating new integrated bad block information using chip bad block information recorded in each of the plurality of memory chips if the search result integrated bad block information is not confirmed, And a control unit for recording information.

Preferably, at least one block for recording integrated bad block information is designated as an integrated bad block information recording area in each of the plurality of memory chips, The integrated bad block information can be searched in the bad block information recording area.

Preferably, when the chip bad block information is not recorded in the plurality of memory chips, or when a specific memory chip in which a further bad block is searched is identified, Wherein the control unit controls the chip bad block information recording unit to record new chip bad block information in the specific memory chip and if the new chip bad block information is recorded in the specific memory chip, The information searching unit can be controlled.

Preferably, when the search result integrated bad block information is not confirmed, the control unit configures new integrated bad block information using chip bad block information recorded in each of the plurality of memory chips, Chip, and when the search result integrated bad block information is confirmed, the identified integrated bad block information may be updated using the new chip bad block information of the specific memory chip.

Preferably, when no chip bad block information is recorded in the specific memory chip, the specific memory chip is a newly replaced memory chip instead of the previous memory chip, or chip bad block information of the specific memory chip is recorded This can happen if a block is added as a bad block.

Preferably, if the search result integrated bad block information is not confirmed, integrated bad block information is recorded in the previous memory chip, or a block in which the integrated bad block information is recorded is added as a bad block Lt; / RTI >

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a memory device, comprising: a chip bad block information recording step of recording chip bad block information for a bad block among blocks in a memory chip for each of a plurality of memory chips; An information searching step of searching, in the plurality of memory chips, integrated bad block information for bad blocks among all blocks in the plurality of memory chips; And generating new integrated bad block information using chip bad block information recorded in each of the plurality of memory chips if the search result integrated bad block information is not confirmed, And an integrated bad block information recording step of recording information.

Preferably, when chip bad block information is not recorded in the plurality of memory chips or a specific memory chip in which a further bad block is found is identified, new chip bad block information for the bad block in the specific memory chip To the specific memory chip; And searching for the integrated bad block information in the plurality of memory chips when the new chip bad block information is recorded in the specific memory chip.

Preferably, when the search result integration bad block information is not confirmed, new integrated bad block information is formed using the chip bad block information recorded in each of the plurality of memory chips and is recorded in the at least one memory chip And updating the searched integrated bad block information using the new chip bad block information of the specific memory chip when the search result integrated bad block information is confirmed.

Preferably, when no chip bad block information is recorded in the specific memory chip, the specific memory chip is a newly replaced memory chip instead of the previous memory chip, or chip bad block information of the specific memory chip is recorded And the integrated bad block information is recorded in the previous memory chip if the search result integrated bad block information is not confirmed or if the integrated bad block information is recorded in the previous memory chip This can happen if a block is added as a bad block.

Thus, according to the memory device and the operation method of the memory device of the present invention, bad block information for a plurality of memory chips can be quickly and accurately recovered and efficiently managed in an environment using a plurality of memory chips (flash memory chips) .

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional flash memory based storage device.
2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a memory device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a memory unit controlled by a memory device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
4 and 5 are operation flowcharts illustrating a method of operating a memory device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to describing the memory device of the present invention, the configuration of a flash memory based storage device will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

1, the flash memory-based storage device 100 includes a flash memory 10 having a plurality of flash memory chips, a memory controller 110 for controlling commands at a flash memory chip level, a flash memory A bad block management unit 120 for managing a bad block list of the flash memory 10 and a control software or FTL 130 for controlling the overall operation of the flash memory based storage device 100 such as mapping and garbage collection of the flash memory 10 do.

The flash memory 10 may include non-volatile flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, for example, as shown in Fig.

Accordingly, the flash memory based storage device 100 executes the corresponding memory operation in the flash memory 160 in response to a request (e.g., sector write, sector read, etc.) from an external device (e.g., a host system). At this time, the memory operation may include a read operation, a write operation, and an erase operation.

In general, each flash memory chip provided in the flash memory 10 has a bad block in which the read, write, and erase operations are not normally performed due to various factors.

Accordingly, in the flash memory-based storage device 100, the bad block list for the bad blocks in each flash memory chip constituting the flash memory 10 is managed to prevent the memory operation for the bad block from being requested (Prevention).

Based on FIG. 1, a conventional method of managing bad block information associated with a bad block list will be briefly described below.

Conventionally, the flash memory-based storage device 100, particularly the bad block management section 120, searches for all bad blocks in a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, N pieces of bad block information to the flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, and generates bad block information for the memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, Chip.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1, bad block information (a) may be recorded in the flash memory chip # 7 among a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

Accordingly, the flash memory-based storage device 100, in particular, the bad block management unit 120, when power is supplied to the flash memory-based storage device 100, The bad block information (a) is read from one of the flash memory chips # 7 on which the bad block information (a) among the chips 1 ... 7 ... N is recorded and can be easily utilized in the control software or the FTL 130 Into a bad block list of a certain type and stored in a volatile storage area (not shown).

The reason why the bad block information (a) is read from the nonvolatile flash memory chip # 7 and converted into the bad block list and stored in the volatile storage area (not shown) is that the FTL 130, This is because reading bad block information (a) and converting it into a bad block list is inefficient in terms of speed and computation amount.

In the flash memory based storage device 100, the FTL 130 uses the bad block list stored in the volatile storage area (not shown) every time a memory operation is requested to the flash memory 10, It is possible to prevent the memory block from being requested from the bad block of the flash memory 10.

However, as described above, since one bad block information (a) is recorded in only one of the flash memory chips, for example, the flash memory chip # 7 of the plurality of flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N) If the bad block information a is lost due to the replacement or the damage of the flash memory chip # 7 on which the bad block information a has been written, the number of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N The bad block information must be generated again by searching for a bad block with respect to all blocks in the block.

Such bad block information re-generation is not only a time-consuming operation but also makes it difficult to accurately search the bad block for the used flash memory chip, so that the accuracy of the generated bad block information is lowered.

Accordingly, the present invention proposes a memory device capable of quickly and accurately restoring and effectively managing bad block information for a plurality of flash memory chips.

Hereinafter, a configuration of a memory device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the memory device 200 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention may include a memory unit 20 having a plurality of memory chips. Of course, it is also possible that the memory device 200 controls the memory unit 20 in conjunction with the memory unit 20 provided externally.

The memory unit 20 may be a flash memory having a plurality of memory chips, that is, a plurality of flash memory chips, as described above. Hereinafter, the memory unit 20 will be described as the flash memory 20 for convenience of explanation.

The memory device 200 of the present invention includes a chip bad block information recording unit 210 for recording chip bad block information for bad blocks among blocks in a memory chip for each of a plurality of memory chips, An information searching unit 220 for searching the plurality of memory chips for integrated bad block information for the bad blocks among the blocks, and a chip bad block And a controller (230) for constructing new integrated bad block information using information and recording the new integrated bad block information on at least one memory chip among a plurality of memory chips.

The chip bad block information recording unit 210 records chip bad block information for a bad block among blocks in the flash memory chip for each of a plurality of memory chips, that is, a plurality of flash memory chips.

3 is an exemplary diagram showing a memory unit 20, i.e., flash memory 20, controlled by the memory device 200 of the present invention.

3, the chip bad block information recording section 210 writes the bad block in the flash memory chip in the bad block for each of a plurality of memory chips, that is, a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N Thereby recording the chip bad block information.

In this regard, the process of recording chip bad block information for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N will be described in more detail as follows.

As shown in FIG. 3, at least one block for recording chip bad block information is stored in each of a plurality of memory chips, that is, a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, Area.

For example, if the flash memory chip # 7 among the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N is described, n blocks (blocks 0, 1, ..., n) of the flash memory chip # -1), at least one block for recording chip bad block information is designated as a chip bad block information recording area. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the last two blocks (blocks n-1 and n-2) of the n blocks (blocks 0, 1 .. n-1) of the flash memory chip # And can be designated as an information recording area.

Furthermore, in each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, at least one block for recording the integrated bad block information to be described later is designated as the integrated bad block information recording area.

For example, if the flash memory chip # 7 among the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N is described, n blocks (blocks 0, 1, ..., n) of the flash memory chip # -1), at least one block for recording the integrated bad block information is designated as the integrated bad block information recording area. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the last three blocks (blocks n-3, n-3) of the n blocks (blocks 0, 1 ... n-1) of the flash memory chip # n-4, n-5) may be designated as the integrated bad block information recording area.

As described above, the chip bad block information recording area and the integrated bad block information recording area can be preliminarily assigned to each of the flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N) including the flash memory chip # 7.

The chip bad block information recording unit 210 checks whether or not the memory device 200 is the first operation when power is applied to the memory device 200 and the operation is started.

Therefore, if the memory device 200 is the first operation, the chip bad block information recording unit 210 stores the bad block information of the blocks in the flash memory chip for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, And generates and records the chip bad block information.

In other words, if the memory device 200 is the initial operation, the chip bad block information recording section 210 sequentially searches for each bad block in the flash memory chip # 1 according to a predetermined chip order To generate chip bad block information for the flash memory chip # 1, and then writes the chip bad block information in the empty normal first block of the chip bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 1.

Thereafter, the chip bad block information recording section 210 searches for a bad block sequentially for each block in the flash memory chip # 2, for example, in accordance with the predefined chip order to generate chip bad block information for the flash memory chip # 2 And writes to the empty normal first block of the chip bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 2.

Thereafter, the chip bad block information recording section 210 can record chip bad block information to the flash memory chip # 3... Flash memory chip #N in the same manner as described above according to the previously designated chip order.

3, the empty normal first block (block n-2) of the chip bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7 is connected to the memory device The chip bad block information B generated at the time of the initial operation of the semiconductor chip 200 may be recorded. If the first block (block n-2) of the chip bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7 is not empty due to previously recorded chip bad block information, or is empty but is abnormal (e.g., bad block) The chip bad block information B will be recorded in the normal next block (block n-1).

Here, the chip bad block information recording unit 210 can sequentially search for each block in the flash memory chip as a bad block by adopting one of the existing bad block block search algorithm for each flash memory chip, The explanation is omitted.

At this time, the chip bad block information B is the time stamp and the chip bad block information related to the bad block number for each bad block existing in the flash memory chip # 7, the time point at which the chip bad block information B is recorded And a chip bad block information identifier indicating the chip bad block information.

The information searching unit 220 stores the integrated bad block information on the bad blocks among all the blocks in the plurality of memory chips, that is, the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, And searches in the memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

Here, the specific event may be a case where the operation of the memory device 200 is started, a case where an integrated bad block information search request by the operator is input, and a case where a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N And the change of the chip bad block information is confirmed.

The integrated bad block information for the bad blocks among all the blocks in the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N includes a plurality of flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N) formed by searching for bad blocks with respect to all the blocks in the flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N).

That is, the integrated bad block information is bad block information for all of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the case where the operation of the memory device 200 starts as a specific event will be described.

The information searching unit 220 searches the integrated bad blocks for a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N when a specific event occurs, that is, when power is supplied to the memory device 200, Information is retrieved from a plurality of flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N).

More specifically, the information searching unit 220 searches the integrated bad block information recording area designated as described above for a plurality of memory chips, that is, a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, So that the integrated bad block information can be searched from the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

According to the first embodiment, when the operation of the current memory device 200 is the initial operation, its own chip bad block information is recorded for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N And the integrated bad block information has not yet been recorded. As a result, in the first embodiment, the information searching unit 220 fails to search for the integrated bad convex information, so that it will not be able to check the integrated bad block information in the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

Of course, according to the second embodiment, when the operation of the current memory device 200 is not the initial operation but the operation of the previous memory device 200, one flash memory chip such as flash memory chip # 7 Integrated bad block information may be recorded in the first block (block n-5) of the integrated bad block information recording area. As a result, in the case of the second embodiment, the information searching unit 220 succeeds in searching for the integrated bad convex information and checks the integrated bad block information in the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

Alternatively, according to the third embodiment, although the operation of the current memory device 200 is not the initial operation, the flash memory chip, for example, the flash memory chip # 7 in which the integrated bad convex information is recorded is replaced or the block in which the integrated bad block information is recorded Block bad block information may be lost for reasons such as being damaged. As a result, in the case of the third embodiment, the information searching unit 220 fails to search for integrated bad convex information, so that it will not be able to identify the integrated bad block information from the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

The control unit 230 reads out the information from the flash memory chips 1 to 7 ... N recorded in the plurality of memory chips, that is, the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, if the search result integration bad block information of the information search unit 220 is not confirmed New integrated bad block information will be constructed using the chip bad block information and recorded in at least one memory chip among the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

More specifically, if the search result integration bad block information of the information search unit 220 is not confirmed, the control unit 230 determines whether or not the search result integration bad block information of the flash memory chip 1. 7,..., N) by reading the chip bad block information in the chip bad block information recording area previously assigned to each of the plurality of flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N) Obtain information.

The control unit 230 may configure new integrated bad block information using chip bad block information for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N. For example, the control unit 230 can configure the integrated bad block information by combining the chip bad block information for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

Thereafter, the control unit 230 will record the integrated bad block information thus configured in at least one memory chip among the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

For example, the control unit 230 can record the integrated bad block information in the empty normal first block of the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7.

3, in the first block (block n-5) of the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7, a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N The integrated bad block information A configured by using the chip bad block information recorded in the memory can be recorded. If the first block (block n-5) of the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7 is not empty due to previously recorded integrated bad block information, or is empty but abnormal (e.g., bad block) The chip bad block information A will be recorded in the normal next block (block n-4).

At this time, the integrated bad block information A includes flash memory chip number and bad block number for each bad block existing in a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, integrated bad block information A), a time stamp associated with the recorded time, an integrated bad block information identifier indicating the integrated bad block information, and the like.

On the other hand, if the search result integration bad block information of the information search unit 220 is not confirmed, for example, in the case of the third embodiment described above, the control unit 230 controls the number of flash memory chips 1, N), the chip bad block information for each of the plurality of flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N) is obtained by reading the respective chip bad block information in the chip bad block information recording area designated in advance .

The control unit 230 may configure new integrated bad block information using chip bad block information for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

Thereafter, the control unit 230 will record the integrated bad block information thus configured in at least one memory chip among the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

For example, the control unit 230 can record the integrated bad block information in the empty normal first block of the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7.

If the integrated bad block information A is recorded in the first block (block n-5) of the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7 as shown in FIG. 3, the blocks n-5 and n- The controller 230 determines that the empty normal first block of the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7, that is, the first bad block information, n-3. < / RTI >

On the other hand, in the third embodiment in which the integrated bad block information A is lost as the blocks n-5, n-4, and n-3, which are the integrated bad block information recording areas of the flash memory chip # 7, The controller 230 does not have a normal empty block in the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7, and therefore, in the integrated bad block information recording area in another flash memory chip (e.g., # 6) The integrated bad block information can be recorded in the normal first block.

On the other hand, when the search result integrated bad block information of the information search unit 220 is confirmed, for example, in the case of the second embodiment described above, the control unit 230 acquires the integrated bad block information confirmed as the search result.

In addition, since the search result integrated bad block information of the information search unit 220 will be confirmed if the newly constructed integrated bad block information is recorded in the first and third embodiments described above, The integrated bad block information confirmed as the search result can be obtained.

For example, if the integrated bad block information A is recorded in the flash memory chip # 7 as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 230 stores the integrated bad block information A, 7, it is possible to obtain the integrated bad block information A for the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

Thereafter, the control unit 230 converts the integrated bad block information A into a bad block list of a form that can be easily utilized in the control software (130 in FIG. 1) and stores it in a volatile storage area (not shown).

Accordingly, in the flash memory-based storage device employing the memory device 200 of the present invention, the control software can utilize the bad block list stored in the volatile storage area (not shown) every time the memory operation is requested to the flash memory 20 , It is possible to prevent the memory operation for the bad block in the flash memory 20 from being requested.

Further, the control unit 230 determines whether or not chip bad block information is not recorded among a plurality of memory chips, that is, a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, The chip bad block information recording unit 210 is controlled to record new chip bad block information for a bad block among blocks in a specific flash memory chip to a specific flash memory chip, When new chip bad block information is recorded on the chip, the information searching unit 220 can be controlled to search the integrated bad block information in a plurality of flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N).

Here, when no chip bad block information is recorded in a specific flash memory chip, the specific flash memory chip is a newly replaced flash memory chip instead of the previous flash memory chip, or chip bad block information of a specific flash memory chip is recorded This can happen if a block is added as a bad block.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, in the initial operation of the memory device 200, in a state where the chip bad block information of the flash memory chip 1 itself is recorded in each of the flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N , If any flash memory chip (for example, # 1) is replaced, since the chip bad block information is recorded in the flash memory chip # 1 before being replaced, chip bad block information is recorded in the replaced new flash memory chip # 1 I will not.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, in the initial operation of the memory device 200, in the state where the chip bad block information of the flash memory chip 1 itself is recorded in each of the flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, A block that is normal among the blocks in a memory chip (for example, # 1) may be damaged.

At this time, if a block (for example, block n-2) in which chip bad block information is recorded among the blocks in the flash memory chip # 1 is damaged and added as a bad block, chip bad block information is recorded in the flash memory chip # 1 I will not.

At this time, whether the block (for example, block n-2) in which the chip bad block information is recorded in the flash memory chip # 1 is damaged or the unrecorded block (for example, block 4) is damaged, This block will be added as a bad block.

Hereinafter, a specific flash memory chip in which no chip bad block information is recorded will be described.

Generally, in a device adopting a flash memory, when a flash memory chip in a flash memory is replaced, low level initialization is performed for normal operation of the flash memory.

If the low-level initialization is performed without the initial operation of the memory device 200, the chip bad block information recording unit 210 regards the flash memory chip as being in a state in which the flash memory chip is replaced. 7, ..., N) can be searched for in each of the chip bad block information recording areas.

The control unit 230 searches the chip bad block information for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N in the chip bad block information recording unit 210 according to the low level initialization, If there is a flash memory chip (for example, # 1) in which no information is searched, it can be confirmed that the flash memory chip # 1 is a specific flash memory chip in which no chip bad block information is recorded.

Hereinafter, a specific flash memory chip in which a further bad block is searched will be described.

When a write operation or an erase operation is performed on a flash memory chip, if the operation fails, the lifetime of the failed block is exhausted. Such a block may be called a runtime bad block.

For example, to describe the flash memory chip # 1, when the operation is failed when a write operation or an erase operation is performed on a specific block (for example, block 3) of the flash memory chip # 1, 1 can be regarded as a run-time bad block, that is, a bad block which is normal at the time of constructing the previous chip bad block information but is added because of block damage or the like.

If the write operation or the erase operation in block 3 of the flash memory chip # 1 fails as described above, the control unit 230 determines that the additional bad block is the specific flash memory chip in which the additional bad block is searched . In this case, the additional bad block will mean block 3 of flash memory chip # 1.

At this time, if the additional bad block detected as described above is the block in which the latest chip bad block information has been recorded, the control unit 230 sets the flash memory chip # 1 to a specific flash memory in which the chip bad block information is not recorded It can be confirmed that it is a memory chip.

The control unit 230 determines whether or not the chip bad block information among the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N is not recorded as described above or the additional bad block is detected in the specific flash memory chip, When the memory chip # 1 is identified, the chip bad block information recording unit 210 is controlled so that new chip bad block information for the bad block among the blocks in the flash memory chip # 1 is written to the flash memory chip # 1.

That is, when a specific flash memory chip such as flash memory chip # 1 is identified, the control unit 230 controls the chip bad block information recording unit 210 to cause the chip bad block information recording unit 210 to write the flash memory chip # The chip bad block information is updated or newly generated and the updated or generated new chip bad block information is recorded in the empty normal first block of the chip bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 1.

At this time, if there is no normal block empty in the chip bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 1, the chip bad block information recording section 210 sets the time stamp of each chip bad block information recorded in the chip bad block information recording area to It is possible to record the chip bad block information in the empty normal first block of the chip bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 1 after erasing the chip bad block information recorded the longest before.

When the new chip bad block information is recorded in the specific flash memory chip, for example, the flash memory chip # 1, the control unit 230 searches for the integrated bad block information in the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N The information searching unit 220 can be controlled.

That is, the control unit 230 controls the information searching unit 220 to allow the information searching unit 220 to search for a plurality of flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N) The integrated bad block information is searched for in the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N by sequentially searching the block information recording area in accordance with the chip order.

If the search result integration bad block information of the information search unit 220 is confirmed, the control unit 230 updates the identified integrated bad block information to the new chip bad block of the flash memory chip # 1, Information can be updated.

In this case, if the chip bad block information is not recorded or the specific flash memory chip in which the additional bad block is found is a newly replaced flash memory chip (for example, # 1), the integrated bad block information is stored in a different flash memory chip (E.g., # 7). Alternatively, in this case, if the chip bad block information is not recorded, or if the additional bad block is a flash memory chip (for example, # 1) originally provided with the detected specific flash memory chip, Is recorded in a memory chip (for example, # 7), or when integrated bad block information is recorded in a normal block (for example, block n-5 or block n-4) in the same flash memory chip Lt; / RTI >

The control unit 230 determines whether the search result integration bad block information of the information search unit 220 is stored in any one of the flash memory chips 1 to 7N, , It is possible to update the identified integrated bad block information using the new chip bad block information of the specific flash memory chip, for example, flash memory chip # 1 described above.

For example, in the integrated bad block information confirmed in the flash memory chip (# 7), for example, the control unit 230 sets the information area related to the existing chip bad block information of the flash memory chip # 1 to the new It is possible to update the integrated bad block information by changing to the chip bad block information and writing the changed integrated bad block information to the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7.

At this time, if there is no empty normal block in the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7, the control unit 230 sets the empty first normal block in the integrated bad block information recording area in another flash memory chip (e.g., # 6) If there is no normal block empty in the integrated bad block information recording area of all the flash memory chips, it is possible to record the integrated bad block information recorded in the integrated bad block information recording area The integrated bad block information recorded the longest ago based on the time stamp may be deleted, and the updated bad block information updated in the deleted block may be recorded.

On the other hand, when the search result integration bad block information of the information search unit 220 is not checked, the control unit 230 determines whether or not the chip bad block recorded in each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N Information is used to construct new integrated bad block information and to record it in at least one flash memory chip.

In this case, if the chip bad block information is not recorded or the specific flash memory chip in which the additional bad block is found is a newly replaced flash memory chip (for example, # 7), the integrated bad block information is stored in the flash memory Or may be recorded on a chip. Alternatively, in this case, if the chip bad block information is not recorded, or if the additional bad block is a flash memory chip (for example, # 7) originally provided with the specific flash memory chip searched for, It may be the case that a block in the same flash memory chip (e.g. # 7) is added as a bad block.

The control unit 230 determines whether the search result integration bad block information of the information search unit 220 is stored in any one of the flash memory chips 1 to 7N, , The integrated bad block information can be configured by combining the chip bad block information for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N as described above.

Thereafter, the control unit 230 stores the integrated bad block information thus configured into at least one flash memory chip among a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, for example, The integrated bad block information can be recorded in the blank normal first block of the block information recording area.

As described above, according to the memory device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, since bad block information (integrated bad block information) for a plurality of flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N) Even if bad block information (integrated bad block information) is lost due to one flash memory chip being replaced or damaged, chip bad block information recorded in a separate recording area independently of each flash memory chip is searched for (Integrated bad block information) can be constructed by using the flash memory chips 1 to 7 ... N, so as to detect whether or not a bad block is present in all blocks in the flash memory chips 1 to 7 ... N from the beginning Bad block information (integrated bad block information) can be generated or recovered quickly and accurately, compared with a case where new bad block information (integrated bad block information) is generated and recorded.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the trouble in the conventional bad block information management method and the problems (long time required, low accuracy, etc.) and further improve the bad block information stored in the volatile storage area Lists can also be kept up to date with more accurate information.

The configuration of at least one of the configurations in the memory device 200 of the present invention, the chip bad block information recording unit 210, the information searching unit 220, and the control unit 230 is the same as that of the flash It may be included in the configuration of the bad block management unit 120 among the configurations in the memory based storage device 100. [

Hereinafter, a method of operating a memory device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG.

The operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention checks whether the memory device 200 is the first operation when power is applied to the memory device 200 (S100) (S110).

The operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is such that if the memory device 200 is the initial operation (Yes in S110) The chip bad block information for the bad block in the in-chip block is generated and written in the first blank normal block of the designated chip bad block information recording area (S120).

The operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is a method in which a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N are used when the operation of the memory device 200 is not the first (S110 No) The integrated bad block information can be searched in the plurality of flash memory chips 1 to 7 ... N (S130) by sequentially searching the integrated bad block information recording areas designated in advance according to the chip order.

Accordingly, when the search result integrated bad block information is confirmed (Yes in S140), the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention acquires the integrated bad block information identified as the search result.

For example, if integrated bad block information (A) is recorded in the flash memory chip # 7 as shown in FIG. 3, the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention may be implemented as follows. The integrated bad block information A for the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N can be obtained by reading the information A from the flash memory chip # 7.

Thereafter, the method of operating the memory device 200 according to the present invention converts the integrated bad block information A into a bad block list of a form that can be easily utilized in the control software 130 (FIG. 1) Not shown) (S170).

Accordingly, in the flash memory-based storage device employing the memory device 200 of the present invention, the control software can utilize the bad block list stored in the volatile storage area (not shown) every time the memory operation is requested to the flash memory 20 , It is possible to prevent the memory operation for the bad block in the flash memory 20 from being requested.

Meanwhile, the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is characterized in that when the integrated bad block information is retrieved from the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, (S140), new integrated bad block information is configured using the chip bad block information recorded in each of the plurality of memory chips, that is, the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, , And a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N (S160).

More specifically, the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is such that when the search result integrated bad block information is not confirmed (No in S140), the number of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N to obtain the chip bad block information for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N by reading the chip bad block information in the chip bad block information recording area designated in advance.

At this time, the method of operating the memory device 200 according to the present invention is a method of operating a flash memory chip (e.g., a flash memory chip) in the process of acquiring chip bad block information for each of a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N : # 1), it is determined that the chip bad block information of the flash memory chip # 1 is lost, and the new chip bad block information is newly generated in the flash memory chip # 1, It is preferable to acquire the chip bad block from the flash memory chip # 1 after writing it in the blank normal first block of the block information recording area.

Thereafter, the method of operating the memory device 200 according to the present invention combines the acquired chip bad block information in each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, thereby obtaining integrated bad block information Can be configured.

Thereafter, the method of operation of the memory device 200 according to the present invention will record the integrated bad block information thus configured in at least one memory chip among the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

For example, the operating method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention can record the integrated bad block information in the empty normal first block of the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7.

3, in the first block (block n-5) of the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7, a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N The integrated bad block information A configured by using the chip bad block information recorded in the memory can be recorded. If the first block (block n-5) of the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7 is not empty due to previously recorded integrated bad block information, or is empty but abnormal (e.g., bad block) The chip bad block information A will be recorded in the normal next block (block n-4).

As described above, the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention, when recording the newly configured integrated bad block information, performs the step S170 so as to write a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N) and converts the integrated bad block information (A) into a bad block list of a form that can be easily utilized in the control software (130 in FIG. 1) to generate a volatile storage area Not shown).

Further, the method of operation of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is characterized in that chip bad block information is not recorded among a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, If a specific memory chip, that is, a specific flash memory chip, is identified, the chip bad block information may be newly recorded in a specific flash memory chip and the integrated bad block information may be newly recorded or updated.

This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is characterized in that chip bad block information is not recorded among a plurality of memory chips or a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, It is determined whether there is a specific flash memory chip detected (S180).

For example, the method of operating the memory device 200 according to the present invention may be such that if the initialization of the memory device 200 is not initiated and low-level initialization is performed, It is possible to search for each chip bad block information in the chip bad block information recording area designated in advance in each of the flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

The method for operating the memory device 200 according to the present invention is a method for searching for chip bad block information for each of a plurality of flash memory chips (1 ... 7 ... N) It is possible to confirm that the flash memory chip # 1 is a specific flash memory chip in which the chip bad block information is not recorded.

Alternatively, the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention may be such that if the operation fails when a write operation or an erase operation is performed in a flash memory chip (for example, # 1), the flash memory chip # It can be confirmed that the block is the specific flash memory chip searched. In this case, the additional bad block will mean a block that fails to perform a write operation or an erase operation.

The operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is such that if a specific flash memory chip such as the flash memory chip # 1 is confirmed in step S180 (Yes in S180), new chip bad block information for the flash memory chip # To the memory chip # 1 (S190).

That is, the method of operating the memory device 200 according to the present invention updates or creates new chip bad block information for the flash memory chip # 1, and transmits updated or generated new chip bad block information to the flash memory chip # 1 in the normal first blank block in the chip bad block information recording area.

In the method of operating the memory device 200 according to the present invention, when new chip bad block information is written to a specific flash memory chip, for example, the flash memory chip # 1, a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N The integrated bad block information is searched (S200).

That is, in the method of operating the memory device 200 according to the present invention, the integrated bad block information recording areas designated in advance for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N are sequentially The integrated bad block information can be searched in the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

If the search result integrated bad block information in step S200 is confirmed (Yes in step S210), the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention updates the identified integrated bad block information to the specific flash memory chip, The new chip bad block information of the chip # 1 can be updated (S250).

For example, the method of operation of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is characterized in that in the integrated bad block information confirmed in the flash memory chip (for example # 7), the information area related to the existing chip bad block information of the flash memory chip # To the new chip bad block information of the flash memory chip # 1, and updates the integrated bad block information by recording the changed integrated bad block information in the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7.

The operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention acquires the updated integrated bad block information.

For example, if integrated bad block information (A) is recorded in the flash memory chip # 7 as shown in FIG. 3, the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention may be implemented as follows. The integrated bad block information A for the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N can be obtained by reading the information A from the flash memory chip # 7.

Thereafter, the method of operating the memory device 200 according to the present invention converts the integrated bad block information A into a bad block list of a form that can be easily utilized in the control software 130 (FIG. 1) Not shown) (S240).

In the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention, when the search result integrated bad block information in step S200 is not confirmed (No in S210), a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N (S220) and writes the new integrated bad block information in at least one flash memory chip (S230).

More specifically, the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is such that when the search result integration bad block information is not confirmed (S220 No), the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N to obtain the chip bad block information for each of the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N by reading the chip bad block information in the chip bad block information recording area designated in advance.

The operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is a method of combining integrated bad block information by combining chip bad block information obtained in each of a plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N can do.

Thereafter, the method of operation of the memory device 200 according to the present invention will record the integrated bad block information thus configured in at least one memory chip among the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N.

For example, the operating method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention can record the integrated bad block information in the empty normal first block of the integrated bad block information recording area in the flash memory chip # 7.

And, the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention acquires the recorded integrated bad block information.

For example, if integrated bad block information (A) is recorded in the flash memory chip # 7 as shown in FIG. 3, the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention may be implemented as follows. The integrated bad block information A for the plurality of flash memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N can be obtained by reading the information A from the flash memory chip # 7.

Thereafter, the method of operating the memory device 200 according to the present invention converts the integrated bad block information A into a bad block list of a form that can be easily utilized in the control software 130 (FIG. 1) Not shown) (S240).

As described above, according to the method of operating the memory device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, in an environment using a plurality of memory chips (flash memory chips), bad block information ) Can be quickly and accurately restored and efficiently managed.

5, the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is such that when a specific flash memory chip such as flash memory chip # 1 is confirmed (Yes in S180) If the latest integrated bad block information is searched by searching the integrated bad block information in the memory chips 1 ... 7 ... N, it is determined from the latest integrated bad block information searched for this time that the chip bad block of the flash memory chip # It will be possible to recover the information. At this time, it can be confirmed that the operation method of the memory device 200 according to the present invention is the latest integrated bad block information based on the time stamp of the detected integrated bad block information.

The method of operating the memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

According to the memory device and the operation method of the memory device according to the present invention, bad block information (integrated bad block information) for a plurality of memory chips can be quickly and accurately recovered in an environment using a plurality of memory chips (flash memory chips) In order to manage efficiently, it is not only the use of related technology but also the possibility of commercialization or sales of the applied device, as it exceeds the limit of the existing technology, It is an invention.

200: memory device
20: memory unit 210: chip bad block information recording unit
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1. A memory device for controlling a plurality of memory chips,
A chip bad block information recording unit for recording chip bad block information for a bad block among blocks in the memory chip, for each of the plurality of memory chips;
An information search unit for searching the plurality of memory chips for integrated bad block information for bad blocks among all blocks in the plurality of memory chips; And
Wherein if the search result integrated bad block information is not checked, new integrated bad block information is formed using chip bad block information recorded in each of the plurality of memory chips, and the new integrated bad block information is written to at least one memory chip among the plurality of memory chips And a control unit for controlling the memory unit.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein at least one block for recording integrated bad block information is designated as an integrated bad block information recording area in each of the plurality of memory chips,
The information searching unit searches for,
And searches for the integrated bad block information in the integrated bad block information recording area designated in advance for each of the plurality of memory chips.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
Wherein if new chip bad block information is not recorded in the plurality of memory chips or a specific memory chip in which a further bad block is searched is identified, Controlling the chip bad block information recording unit to record the data on the memory chip,
And controls the information searching unit to search the integrated bad block information in the plurality of memory chips when the new chip bad block information is recorded in the specific memory chip.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein,
Wherein if the search result integrated bad block information is not confirmed, new integrated bad block information is formed using the chip bad block information recorded in each of the plurality of memory chips and is recorded in the at least one memory chip,
And updates the identified integrated bad block information using the new chip bad block information of the specific memory chip when the search result integrated bad block information is confirmed.
5. The method of claim 4,
If the chip bad block information is not recorded in the specific memory chip,
Wherein the specific memory chip is a newly replaced memory chip instead of the previous memory chip or a block in which chip bad block information of the specific memory chip is recorded is added as a bad block.
6. The method of claim 5,
If the search result integrated bad block information is not confirmed,
Wherein integrated bad block information is recorded in the previous memory chip or a block in which the integrated bad block information is recorded is added as a bad block.
A chip bad block information recording step of recording chip bad block information for a bad block among blocks in a memory chip for each of a plurality of memory chips;
An information searching step of searching, in the plurality of memory chips, integrated bad block information for bad blocks among all blocks in the plurality of memory chips; And
Wherein if the search result integrated bad block information is not checked, new integrated bad block information is formed using chip bad block information recorded in each of the plurality of memory chips, and the new integrated bad block information is written to at least one memory chip among the plurality of memory chips And an integrated bad block information recording step in which the integrated bad block information is recorded.
8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein if new chip bad block information is not recorded in the plurality of memory chips or a specific memory chip in which a further bad block is searched is identified, Writing to a memory chip; And
Further comprising the step of searching for integrated bad block information in the plurality of memory chips when the new chip bad block information is recorded in the specific memory chip.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein if the search result integrated bad block information is not confirmed, new integrated bad block information is formed using the chip bad block information recorded in each of the plurality of memory chips and is recorded in the at least one memory chip,
Further comprising updating the searched integrated bad block information using the new chip bad block information of the specific memory chip when the search result integrated bad block information is confirmed .
10. The method of claim 9,
If the chip bad block information is not recorded in the specific memory chip,
When the specific memory chip is a newly replaced memory chip instead of the previous memory chip or a block in which chip bad block information of the specific memory chip is recorded is added as a bad block,
If the search result integrated bad block information is not confirmed,
Wherein integrated bad block information is recorded in the previous memory chip or a block in which the integrated bad block information is recorded is added as a bad block.
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