Patent ID: 11901007
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. The non-volatile storage system of claim 17, wherein:
each respective NAND string further comprises a select transistor between the non-volatile memory cells of the respective NAND string and the GIDL transistor at the end of the respective NAND string connected to one of the bit lines;
the control circuit applies a voltage to a control terminal of the select transistor during the program operation;
the control circuit applies a program enable voltage to enabled bit lines to connect channels of selected NAND strings to the respective enabled bit lines during the program operation; and
the control circuit applies a program inhibit voltage to inhibited bit lines to cut off channels of unselected NAND string from the respective inhibited bit lines during the program operation.