A memory cell comprising a transistor coupled to a capacitor, the capacitor having a single vertical bottom plate in electrical connection to a contact plug within a substrate, the single vertical bottom plate being horizontally aligned between a first bottom plate of a first adjacent capacitor and a second bottom plate of a second adjacent capacitor, the single vertical bottom plate passing between a first adjacent contact plug associated with the first adjacent capacitor, and a second adjacent contact plug associated with the second adjacent capacitor.