In various embodiments, the staggered memory elements on shared bottom electrode 1301 or shared metal 1401 allow for metal route escapes for the plate-lines. For example, ME0,7 is coupled to plate-line PL1_7, ME0,3 is coupled to plate-line PL0_3, ME0,8 is coupled to plate-line PL1_8, ME0,4 is coupled to plate-line PL0_4. In some embodiments, these plate-lines are parallel to one another. The staggered configuration allows for the plate-line escapes on either side of shared bottom electrode 1301 or shared metal 1401, in accordance with some embodiments. In some embodiments, all memory elements of the 1TnME bit-cell are placed in a staggered configuration of