Patent ID: 8755223

Claim:
A non-volatile storage system, comprising: a substrate; a monolithic three dimensional memory array of memory cells positioned above and not in the substrate; word lines connected to the memory cells; a plurality of vertically oriented bit lines above and not in the substrate, the vertically oriented bit lines are connected to the memory cells; a plurality of global bit lines; a plurality of asymmetrical vertically oriented select devices that are above and not in the substrate, the asymmetrical vertically oriented select devices are connected to the vertically oriented bit lines and the global bit lines, the asymmetrical vertically oriented select devices have a first gate interface and a second gate interface; and a plurality of select lines connected to the select devices, each asymmetrical vertically oriented select device has one of the select lines connected to the first gate interface for the respective asymmetrical vertically oriented select device and another of the select lines connected to the second gate interface for the respective asymmetrical vertically oriented select device.