Patent ID: 11862249
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. The non-volatile storage apparatus of claim 5, wherein:
the control lines further include a third control line next to the second control line;
the control lines further include a fourth control line next to the third control line, the third control line and the fourth control line are not data word lines;
the control circuit is configured to ramp down the voltages applied to the control lines for the pre-charging including ramping down the first control line prior to ramping down the second control line, ramping down the second control line prior to ramping down the third control line and ramping down the third control line concurrently with ramping down the fourth control line;
the edge word line is a last data word line to be programmed for data word lines connected to the group of connected non-volatile memory cells; and
the edge word line is positioned as a last data word line at a source side of data word lines connected to the group of connected non-volatile memory cells.