Patent ID: 8542530

Claim:
A non-volatile storage system, comprising: non-volatile storage elements, said non-volatile storage elements include a first set of non-volatile storage elements connected to a particular word line, a second set of non-volatile storage elements connected to said particular word line, and a third set of non-volatile storage elements connected to a group of word lines different than said particular word line; and a managing circuit in communication with said non-volatile storage elements, said managing circuit programs said first set of non-volatile storage elements using a first set of target levels, said managing circuit programs said second set of non-volatile storage elements using a different set of target levels; said managing circuit programs said third set of non-volatile storage elements using a second set of target levels, at least one of said first set of target levels is different than a corresponding target level of said second set of target levels, at least one of said different set of target levels is different than a corresponding target level of said second set of target levels, said different set of target levels is different than said first set of target levels.