Patent ID: 11972812
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 1:
2. The non-volatile storage apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is further configured to:
identify a second set of memory cells connected to the common word line that have threshold voltages within an offset of a read compare voltage of a second data state and a third set of memory cells connected to the common word line that have threshold voltages within an offset of a read compare voltage of a third data state, the plurality of data states includes the second data state and the third data state;
determine whether adjacent memory cells that are adjacent to the second set of memory cells are in the one or more low data states and whether adjacent memory cells that are adjacent to the third set of memory cells are in the one or more low data states;
perform second programming for memory cells of the second set of memory cells that have respective adjacent memory cells determined to be in the one or more low data states, the second programming results in the memory cells receiving the second programming being in the second data state; and
perform third programming for memory cells of the third set of memory cells that have respective adjacent memory cells determined to be in the one or more low data states, the third programming results in the memory cells receiving the third programming being in the third data state.