Patent ID: 7843739

Claim:
A non-volatile storage system, comprising: a group of connected non-volatile storage elements; and a managing circuit in communication with said group of connected non-volatile storage elements, said managing circuit applies a verify reference voltage to a particular non-volatile storage element of said group, while applying said verify reference voltage to said particular non-volatile storage element said managing circuit applies a first voltage to one or more non-volatile storage elements of said group that are on a source side of said particular non-volatile storage element and a second voltage to two or more non-volatile storage elements on a drain side of said particular non-volatile storage element, said managing circuit senses a condition related to said particular non-volatile storage element and verify reference voltage as part of a verify operation during programming, said first voltage is sufficiently high enough to turn on said one or more non-volatile storage elements on said source side of said particular non-volatile storage element, said second voltage is sufficiently high enough to turn on said two or more non-volatile storage elements on said drain side of said particular non-volatile storage element, said second voltage is lower than said first voltage, said managing circuit performs a read process for said particular non-volatile storage element, said read process is performed by said managing circuit applying a common control gate voltage to said one or more non-volatile storage elements of said group that are on said source side and to said two or more non-volatile storage elements of said group that are on said drain side.