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 21):
An apparatus, comprising:\n a monolithic three dimensional memory array comprising a lower set of alternating conductive and dielectric layers and an upper set of alternating conductive and dielectric layers separated by a joint area that together form a plurality of word lines and a plurality of vertical charge-trapping NAND strings each having a channel; means for programming a selected memory cell connected to a selected word line; means for sensing a temperature; and means for verifying programming of the selected memory cell by applying a compare voltage to the selected word line and bypass voltages to unselected word line lines, sensing the selected memory cell in response to the compare voltage, lowering the selected word line from the compare voltage to ground, and lowering the unselected word lines from the bypass voltages to ground; wherein in response to the sensed temperature being below a trigger temperature, the means for verifying programming lowers the unselected word lines from the bypass voltages to ground such that a source side unselected word line adjacent to the selected word line and on a drain side of the joint area is lowered to ground subsequent to lowering drain side word lines to ground.

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): 0.8078062954432658
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5067646420462574
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7777021301035649
- Mean Citation Score: 270.0471
- Max Citation Score: 320.2089200000001
- Similarity Product: 262.5140733788348

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

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