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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2023
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
To increase performance, a non-volatile storage apparatus reduces the amount of time needed for program verify by eliminating a pause in the raising of word line voltages that has been used to allow the channels of memory cells to discharge. To compensate for the removal of the time previously used to allow the channels of memory cells to discharge without experiencing a disturb, a source line that is in communication with the channels is lowered from a source voltage applied to support programming to a source voltage applied to support sensing (for program verify) earlier than in previous designs such that the source line reaches the source voltage applied to support sensing (for program verify) prior to applying the verify reference voltage to the selected word line for program verify.