Patent ID: 6970372

Claim:
A memory cell comprising: a storage device capable of holding a stored electrical charge; a read device including a semiconducting fin, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode flanking said semiconducting fin, a gate dielectric electrically isolating said first and said second gate electrodes from said semiconducting fin, and a source and drain formed in said semiconducting fin adjacent to said first and said second gate electrodes, said first gate electrode electrically coupled with said storage device and said second gate electrode operative for gating a region of said semiconducting fin defined between said source and said drain to thereby regulate a current flowing from said source to said drain, said current, when said region of said semiconducting fin is gated, being dependent upon said electrical charge stored by said storage device; and a write device electrically coupled with said storage device, said write device adapted to charge and discharge said storage device to define said stored electrical charge.