PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16002793
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["365", "185020"]

Abstract:
Program disturb is a condition that includes the unintended programming of a memory cell while performing a programming process for other memory cells. Such unintended programming can cause an error in the data being stored. In some cases, program disturb can result from electrons trapped in the channel being accelerated from one side of a selected word line to another side of the selected word line and redirected into the selected word line. To prevent such program disturb, it is proposed to open the channel from one side of a selected word line to the other side of the selected word line after a sensing operation for program verify and prior to a subsequent programming voltage being applied.

Claim (Index 10):
An apparatus, comprising:\n a first plurality of connected non-volatile memory cells; a plurality of control lines connected to the first plurality of connected non-volatile memory cells; and a control circuit connected to the control lines; and a temperature sensor circuit configured to sense a temperature and in communication with the control circuit; the control circuit configured to verify programming of a selected memory cell of the first plurality of connected non-volatile memory cells that is connected to a selected control line by applying voltages to the plurality of control lines, sensing the selected memory cell, and ramping down the voltages on the control lines after performing the sensing; and wherein in response to the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor circuit being below a trigger temperature, the control circuit is configured to perform the ramping down such that an unselected control line adjacent to the selected control line and connected to already programmed memory cells is ramped down subsequent to ramping down the selected word line and another unselected control line connected to already programmed memory cells and a control line connected to not yet programmed memory cells.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9375
- Patent Class: 365.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16002836', '16002825', '14728615', '15678683', '13674470']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8076368287160036
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5101770103954504
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7778908468839484
- Mean Citation Score: 270.0471
- Max Citation Score: 320.2089200000001
- Similarity Product: 235.3035174487496

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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