Patent ID: 7772651

Claim:
A device structure formed on an insulating layer, the device structure comprising: a first gate electrode; a second gate electrode, a semiconductor body including a source, a drain, and a channel between the source and the drain, the semiconductor body positioned laterally on the insulating layer between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, the semiconductor body composed of a monocrystalline semiconductor material that is primarily silicon, the channel of the semiconductor body doped with a first impurity having an first conductivity type, and the source and the drain of the semiconductor body doped with a second impurity having an second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type; a first gate dielectric layer disposed between the semiconductor body and the first gate electrode; and a second gate dielectric layer disposed between the semiconductor body and the second gate electrode, the second gate dielectric layer in contact with the semiconductor body; wherein the semiconductor body, the first gate electrode, the second gate electrode, the first gate dielectric layer, and the second gate dielectric layer each have a contacting relationship with the insulating layer.