THREE DIMENSIONAL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH SHORTING SOURCE LINE/BIT LINE PAIRS

摘要

A non-volatile storage system dedicates a subset of blocks to be used for shorting source lines to bit lines at periodic positions along the bit lines during certain memory operations.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of non-volatile memory cells; a first bit line connected to a first memory cell; a first source line connected to the first bit line by way of the first memory cell; and a control circuit connected to the first source line and the first bit line, the control circuit configured to perform a programming process for the first memory cell, the programming process comprising a programming phase and a verify phase, the control circuit further configured to couple the first bit line to the first source line during the programming phase by operating a set of the memory cells to form an electrical path between the first source line and the first bit line.