Patent ID: 8111552
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A non-volatile storage apparatus, comprising: a first set of groups of non-volatile storage elements, each group of non-volatile storage elements of the first set includes adjacent non-volatile storage elements positioned on a surface of an active layer that is at a first height; a second set of groups of non-volatile storage elements, each group of non-volatile storage elements of the second set includes adjacent non-volatile storage elements positioned on a surface of the active layer that is at a second height that is different than the first height, the first set of groups of non-volatile storage elements are interleaved with the second set of groups of non-volatile storage elements so that a particular non-volatile storage element in the first set of groups is offset in two perpendicular directions from neighbor non-volatile storage elements in the second set of groups.