Read pass voltage dependent recovery voltage setting between program and program verify

A controller in communication with a memory apparatus including memory cells each connected to one of a plurality of word lines and disposed in strings and configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to one of a plurality of data states, the controller configured to:

• instruct the memory apparatus to apply a program voltage to each one of selected ones of the plurality of word lines while applying one of a plurality of pass voltages to unselected ones of the plurality of word lines and ramp down both the one of the selected ones of the plurality of word lines and the unselected ones of the plurality of word lines to a recovery voltage at a start of a verify phase of each of a plurality of program loops and apply one of a plurality of targeted word line biases to each of the plurality of word lines during the verify phase;
• and
• adjust the recovery voltage based on the one of the plurality of targeted word line biases applied to each of the plurality of word lines during the verify phase.

A method of operating a memory apparatus including memory cells each connected to one of a plurality of word lines and disposed in strings and configured to retain a threshold voltage corresponding to one of a plurality of data states, the method comprising the steps of:

• applying a program voltage to each one of selected ones of the plurality of word lines while applying one of a plurality of pass voltages to unselected ones of the plurality of word lines and ramping down both the one of the selected ones of the plurality of word lines and the unselected ones of the plurality of word lines to a recovery voltage at a start of a verify phase of each of a plurality of program loops and applying one of a plurality of targeted word line biases to each of the plurality of word lines during the verify phase;
• and
• adjusting the recovery voltage based on the one of the plurality of targeted word line biases applied to each of the plurality of word lines during the verify phase.