Patent ID: 7825496

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: an interlayer insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate; at least one plug on the semiconductor substrate, the plug extending through the interlayer insulating layer toward an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate, the plug having a lower part with a first diameter and an upper part with a second diameter different from the first diameter; a filling pattern on the interlayer insulating layer, the filling pattern surrounding the upper part of the plug, and an upper surface of the filling pattern being substantially coplanar with an upper surface of the plug, the upper surface of the plug facing away from the semiconductor substrate; a protection pattern on the upper part of the plug, the protection pattern being between the plug and the filling pattern with the interlayer insulating layer; and a storage structure on the plug and connected thereto, the storage structure being in contact with the plug and extending upward from the plug, a vertical center axis of the storage structure being horizontally spaced apart from a vertical center axis of the plug.