Patent ID: 11894062
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. The method as set forth in claim 14, wherein the at least one programming pulse includes a plurality of programming pulses, the method further including the steps of successively:
applying one of the plurality of programming pulses of the maintenance program voltage to the at least one dummy word line to program to the ones of the memory cells connected to the at least one dummy word line having the threshold voltage being below the predetermined detection voltage threshold;
applying the predetermined detection voltage threshold to the at least one dummy word line and determining whether the ones of the memory cells connected to the at least one dummy word line have the threshold voltage above the predetermined detection voltage threshold; and
ending the applying the one of the plurality of programming pulses and the applying the predetermined detection voltage threshold to the at least one dummy word line in response to all of the ones of the memory cells connected to the at least one dummy word line have the threshold voltage above the predetermined detection voltage threshold.