Patent ID: 11881266
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. The controller as set forth in claim 9, wherein the plurality of word lines and a plurality of dielectric layers extend horizontally and overlay one another in an alternating fashion in a stack, the memory holes extend vertically through the stack, the memory cells are connected in series between a drain-side select gate transistor on a drain-side of each of the memory holes and connected to one of the plurality of full circle bit lines for memory holes in the full circle rows and one of the plurality of semi-circle bit lines for memory holes in the semi-circle rows and a source-side select gate transistor on a source-side of each of the memory holes and connected to a source line, the plurality of semi-circle bit lines and the plurality of full circle bit lines extend horizontally over the memory holes in the stack, and the plurality of semi-circle bit lines and the plurality of full circle bit lines alternate with one another horizontally.