Patent ID: 11954350
Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. The storage device of claim 3, wherein each of the first and second physical zones has one state among the full state in which the empty area does not exist in the corresponding physical zone,
the empty state in which the corresponding physical zone is empty,
an active state in which data is stored only in a partial area in the corresponding physical zone, and
a ready-to-reset state in which a reset operation is performed on a super block including the corresponding physical zone to cause all second physical zones in the super block including the corresponding physical zone to be in the empty state by erasing all second physical zones in the super block including the corresponding physical zone but the reset operation is not completed on the super block including the corresponding physical zone according to a state of another second physical zone in the super block including the corresponding physical zone.