Page register outside array and sense amplifier interface

Abstract

A non-volatile storage device includes a substrate, a monolithic three-dimensional memory array of non-volatile storage elements arranged above a portion of the substrate, a plurality of sense amplifiers in communication with the non-volatile storage elements, a plurality of temporary storage devices in communication with the sense amplifiers, a page register in communication with the temporary storage devices, and one or more control circuits. The one or more control circuits are in communication with the page register, the temporary storage devices and the sense amplifiers. The sense amplifiers are arranged on the substrate underneath the monolithic three-dimensional memory array. The temporary storage devices are arranged on the substrate underneath the monolithic three-dimensional memory array. The page register is arranged on the substrate in an area that is not underneath the monolithic three-dimensional memory array. Data read from the non-volatile storage elements by the sense amplifiers is transferred to the temporary storage devices and then to the page register in response to the one or more control circuits. Data to be programmed into the non-volatile storage elements is transferred to the temporary storage devices from the page register in response to the one or more control circuits.