The present invention presents methods for reducing the amount of noise inherent in the reading of a non-volatile storage device by applying an episodic agitation (e.g. a time varying voltage) to some terminal(s) of the cell as part of the reading process. Various aspects of the present invention also...http://www.google.de/patents/US20030137877?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20030137877 - Noise reduction technique for transistors and small devices utilizing an episodic agitation