公开(公告)号：US20190171378A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16128841

申请日：2018-09-12

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： In-su KIM ,  Sang-wook NAM ,  Jong-min KIM ,  Jin-seok KIM

IPC: G06F3/06

Abstract: Provided are a controller and a memory device. The memory device may include: a plurality of memory chips distinguished from one another by their corresponding chip numbers; and a monitor circuit including a plurality of first connection terminals electrically connected to the plurality of memory chips and configured to receive status information about a ready status and a busy status of each of the plurality of memory chips from the plurality of memory chips via the plurality of first connection terminals. The monitor circuit may output a plurality of packets each including a chip number and the status information corresponding to at least one of the plurality of memory chips.