Patent ID: 9349478
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F,G11C

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a memory device, comprising: programming memory cells in a set of word lines in a word line programming order, the set of word lines comprise one word line, a first adjacent word line which is adjacent to the one word line and after the one word line in the word line programming order and a second adjacent word line which is adjacent to the one word line and before the one word line in the word line programming order, wherein one memory cell is connected to the one word line, another memory cell is connected to the second adjacent word line, the one memory cell and the another memory cell are arranged along a continuous charge-trapping film, the programming of the memory cells comprises applying a plurality of program pulses to the one word line while a first pass voltage is applied to the first adjacent word line and a second pass voltage is applied to the second adjacent word line, and the first pass voltage is higher than the second pass voltage during one or more initial program pulses of the plurality of program pulses; and subsequently, in response to a read command involving the one memory cell: