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 5):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein:\n the write circuit is configured to applying the program voltage to the selected word line as a series of voltage pulses; the verify circuit is configured to sense the selected memory cells between voltage pulses; and the ramping down the voltages on the selected control line and unselected control lines after performing the sensing such that the unselected control line adjacent to the selected control line and connected to already programmed memory cells is ramped down subsequent to ramping down one or more unselected control lines connected to already programmed memory cells and unselected control lines nonadjacent to the selected control line and connected to unprogrammed memory cells causes programmed side channel regions of unselected groups of connected memory cells to be in electrical communication with unprogrammed side channel regions of the unselected groups of connected memory cells so that electrons on programmed side channel regions of the unselected groups move to unprogrammed side channel regions of the unselected groups after sensing by the verify circuit and prior to a subsequent voltage pulse.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9375
- Patent Class: 365.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16002836', '16002825', '14728615', '15678683', '13674470']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.825551744928552
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.509930453655275
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7939896158012243
- Mean Citation Score: 270.0471
- Max Citation Score: 320.2089200000001
- Similarity Product: 255.58820603160865

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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