US 7,321,510 B2
Read operation for non-volatile storage that includes compensation for coupling
Yan Li, Milpitas, Calif. (US); and Jian Chen, San Jose, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Sandisk Corporation, Milpitas, Calif. (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/616,764.
Application 11/616764 is a division of application No. 11/099049, filed on Apr. 05, 2005, granted, now 7,187,585.
Prior Publication US 2007/0103982 A1, May 10, 2007
Int. Cl. G11C 11/34 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 365—185.1  [365/185.05; 365/185.03] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for using non-volatile storage elements, comprising:
programming a first non-volatile storage elements and a second set of non-volatile storage elements, said first set of non-volatile storage elements and said second set of non-volatile storage elements each store first and second groupings of data, said programming includes writing to a particular non-volatile storage element with respect to said second grouping of data subsequent to writing to adjacent non-volatile storage elements for said first grouping of data;
reading charge information from said second set of non-volatile storage elements; and
performing a read operation on said first set of non-volatile storage elements, said read operation uses a first compensation for non-volatile storage elements of said first set of non-volatile storage elements adjacent to non-volatile storage elements of said second set of non-volatile storage elements that have charge information read which provide a first indication and said read operation does not use said first compensation for non-volatile storage elements of said first set of non-volatile storage elements adjacent to non-volatile storage elements of said second set of non-volatile storage elements that have charge information read which does not provide said first indication.