Non-volatile storage with early source-side boosting for reducing program disturb

A non-volatile storage system, comprising:

• first and second groups of non-volatile storage elements in a set of non-volatile storage elements, the first group comprising programmed non-volatile storage elements and the second group comprising unprogrammed non-volatile storage elements;
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• one or more control circuits in communication with the set of non-volatile storage elements, the one or more control circuits, in a cycle of boosting and programming of a programming operation which comprises multiple cycles of boosting and programming:
• a) apply pass voltages to the first and second groups of non-volatile storage elements, and b) apply a programming voltage to at least one non-volatile storage element in the set of non-volatile storage elements which is between the first and second groups, where the pass voltages are applied prior to the applying the programming voltage, the pass voltages are applied to the first group prior to being applied to the second group, and an isolation voltage is applied to at least one isolation non-volatile storage element in the set of non-volatile storage elements between the first and second groups.

A non-volatile storage system, comprising:

• a set of non-volatile storage elements formed, at least in part, on a substrate;
• a set of word lines associated with the set of non-volatile storage elements, including a selected word line which is associated with at least one non-volatile storage element of the set of non-volatile storage elements, and an isolation word line;
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• one or more control circuits in communication with the set of non-volatile storage elements, the one or more control circuits perform a cycle of boosting and programming of a programming operation which includes multiple cycles of boosting and programming, and, in the cycle of boosting and programming, the one or more control circuits:
• apply an isolation voltage to the isolation word line, program non-volatile storage elements in the set of non-volatile storage elements by applying a programming voltage on the selected word line and, prior to applying the programming voltage, the one or more control circuits initiate boosting of a first region of the substrate on a source side of the isolation word line and initiate boosting of a second region of the substrate on a drain side of the isolation word line, and determine when to implement a delay of the initiating boosting of the second region relative to the initiating boosting of the first region in the cycle of boosting and programming based on a position of the selected word line in the set of word lines.