Patent ID: 11935585
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:
the plane further comprises:
a third word line comprising a third word line portion coupled to a third group of the non-volatile memory cells;
a fourth word line comprising a fourth word line portion coupled to a fourth group of the non-volatile memory cells, the fourth word line different from the third word line; and

the control circuit is further configured to apply a third voltage to the third word line portion and apply a fourth voltage to the fourth word line portion to concurrently read data from the third group of the non-volatile memory cells and the fourth group of the non-volatile memory cells,
wherein the third group of the non-volatile memory cells and the fourth group of the non-volatile memory cells each store less than a page of data.