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Read-pass voltage

Read-pass voltage is the bias applied to unselected NAND wordlines to make their cells conduct while another wordline is sensed.

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It differs from the sensing reference on the selected wordline. Lowering it trades reduced disturbance against possible conduction errors. [1]

Relations

related
nand-wordline, read-disturb, read-retry, read-reclaim, read-reference-voltage

Limitations

Citations

  1. Cai et al. Read Disturb Errors in MLC NAND Flash Memory: Characterization, Mitigation, and Recovery. DSN 2015, sections 2.1 and 3.6-3.7. DOI 10.1109/DSN.2015.49. (accessed 2026-10-14)

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