Patent ID: 7411244

Claim:
A memory cell comprising: a body of a semiconductor material having a first conductivity type; a conductor-filter system including: a first conductor having thermal charge carriers; and a filter contacting the first conductor and including dielectrics for providing a filtering function on the charge carriers of one polarity, wherein the filter includes: a first set of electrically alterable potential barriers for controlling flow of the charge carriers of one polarity through the filter in one direction; a conductor-insulator system including: a second conductor having at least a portion thereof contacting the filter and having energized charge carriers from the filter; and a first insulator contacting the second conductor at an interface and having electrically alterable Image-Force potential barriers adjacent to the interface; a first region spaced-apart from the second conductor with a channel of the body defined there between; a second insulator adjacent to the first region; a charge storage region disposed in between the first and the second insulators; and a word-line of a conductor having: a first portion disposed over and insulated from the charge storage region, and a second portion comprising the first conductor disposed over and insulated from the body.