Patent ID: 7999297

Claim:
A semiconductor memory device having, as a memory cell, a plurality of transistors disposed on different layers, the semiconductor device comprising: a memory cell array having a first and a second transistor as a memory cell, the first and second transistors respectively disposed on a first substrate layer and a second substrate layer formed on the first substrate layer in a memory cell region; and a stacked capacitor cluster, wherein a stacked capacitor of the stacked capacitor cluster comprises a gate insulation layer of a respective one of the first and the second transistor, the gate insulation layer serving as a dielectric layer of the stacked capacitor, and a first conduction layer disposed above the gate insulation layer and a respective one of the first and second substrate layers disposed below the gate insulation layer; wherein the stacked capacitor is a decoupling capacitor of the stacked capacitor cluster electrically connected in parallel between a first and a second line, in a peripheral circuit region separated from the memory cell region.