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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2024
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory apparatus and operating method are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells each connected to one of a plurality of word lines. The memory cells are configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to one of a plurality of data states. A control means is configured to apply a pre-programming pulse of a pre-program voltage to a selected one and at least one neighboring one of the plurality of word lines in a pre-program operation. The control means is also configured to apply each of a series of programming pulses of a program voltage followed by verification pulses of a plurality of program verify voltages each associated with one of the plurality of data states to the selected one of the plurality of word lines to program and verify the memory cells connected thereto during each of a plurality of program loops of a program operation.