Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device that prevents oxidation of the bit lines caused by misalignment which may occur when patterning a storage electrode. An oxidation preventing layer, such as a nitride layer, is formed over the bit lines or in the contact holes to eliminate the diffusion of oxygen into the bit line structure, thereby preventing oxidation of the bit lines.
Abstract:
A semiconductor memory device with a capacitor-over-bitline (COB) structure and a method for fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory device includes a transistor having a gate electrode formed on a gate insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate and having source and drain regions formed on the surface of the substrate and separated from each other by the gate electrode, a first interlayer insulating layer formed over the substrate including the transistor; a bitline formed over the first interlayer insulating layer; and a second interlayer insulating layer formed over the substrate including the bitline, for insulating the bitline from a storage node of a capacitor. A surface of the second interlayer insulating layer is planarized by a chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) process so as to be substantially parallel to a surface of the substrate including the bitline.