Patent ID: 11941249
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. The memory device of claim 1, wherein
the plurality of HPB entry storage regions includes at least a first HPB entry storage region and a second type HPB entry storage region; and
the device controller is further configured to,
perform an internal maintenance operation, and
generate mapping information between a logical address associated with the internal maintenance operation and a physical address associated with the internal maintenance operation,
generate a first type HPB entry to be stored in the first HPB entry storage region, the first type HPB entry including indexing information indicating a location of the second HPB entry type storage region associated with the internal maintenance operation, and
generate a second type HPB entry to be stored in the second HPB entry storage region, the second type HPB entry including additional information associated with the internal maintenance operation of the plurality of storage units, in response to the execution of the internal maintenance operation.