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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2024
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abhijith Prakash, Milpitas, CA (US);
Qinghua Zhao, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mohan Vamsi Dunga, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes control circuits configured to connect to a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells. The one or more control circuits are configured to apply read voltages on a plurality of word lines connected to the nonvolatile memory cells, ramp down from the read voltages to subsequent voltages such that voltage on a word line transitions through a voltage that is below a subsequent voltage by a negative kick voltage. The one or more control circuits are further configured to apply a first negative kick voltage to ramp down from a read voltage on a first word line and apply a second negative kick voltage to ramp down from the read voltage on a second word line.