Patent ID: 7369437

Claim:
A non-volatile storage system, comprising: a plurality of non-volatile storage elements; word lines; bit lines, said word lines and said bit lines are in communication with said plurality of non-volatile storage elements; and one or more managing circuits in communication with said non-volatile storage elements, said one or more managing circuits maintain a power supply voltage on unselected word lines as part of a read process, said one or more managing circuits change said unselected word lines from said power supply voltage to said read enable voltage as part of said read process, said one or more managing circuits maintain a read voltage on a selected word line while said unselected word lines are at said read enable voltage as part of said read process, said one or more managing circuits sense information about data stored in a selected non-volatile storage element connected to said selected word line in response to said read voltage on said selected word line as part of said read process.