Patent ID: 8208310

Claim:
A method for operating a non-volatile storage system that includes a plurality of bit lines that are associated with a word line, a plurality of non-volatile storage elements are associated with the word line, comprising: applying one or more programming voltages to the word line; establishing first bias conditions on the plurality of bit lines when verifying each of a plurality of programmed states, a separate set of first bias conditions are established when verifying each programmed state, the biasing a bit line is based on the state to which a non-volatile storage elements on the bit line is being programmed; sensing conditions of bit lines of the plurality of bit lines after establishing the first bias conditions; establishing second bias conditions on the plurality of bit lines during a read process, a separate set of second bias conditions are established for each programmed state being read, the second bias conditions for a given programmed state substantially match the first bias conditions for the given programmed state; and sensing bit lines of non-volatile storage elements during the read process.