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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abhijith Prakash, Milpitas, CA (US);
Xiang Yang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory apparatus includes memory cells each connected to word lines and configured to store a threshold voltage corresponding to data states. The memory apparatus also includes a control means configured to apply at least one read voltage associated with one of the data states to ones of the word lines connected to the memory cells being read in one read operation. The control means is also configured to adjust a voltage applied to the ones of the word lines during at least one of an end of the one read operation or a beginning of a subsequent read operation of the memory cells based on at least one of the subsequent read operation following the one read operation within a predetermined time or a control gate ready voltage of the ones of the word lines targeted following the one read operation.