Patent ID: 6900546

Claim:
A semiconductor memory device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first interlayer insulating layer; a plurality of local bit lines spaced apart from each other and disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer; a second interlayer insulating layer on the plurality of local bit lines; a capacitor formed on the second interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of global bit lines which are spaced apart from each other and are disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer; and a plurality of connecting devices formed in the first and second interlayer insulating layers, and each connecting device electrically connecting the plurality of local bit lines and the plurality of global bit lines, wherein each connecting device has a pad directly connected to one of global bit lines, first plugs connecting the semiconductor substrate to one of the local bit lines, a connector extending from one of the local bit lines and electrically connecting one of the local bit lines to the first plugs, and second plugs formed in the first and second interlayer insulating layers, connected to the pad, and connected to the first plugs via the semiconductor substrate, wherein the second plugs are wider toward the upper portion of the second interlayer insulating layer, the upper portion of the second plugs is not connected to the upper portion of adjacent second plugs, the lower width of the pad is less than the upper width of the second plugs, and the pad has an upper width such that one of the global bit lines connected to the pad is not electrically connected to an adjacent global bit line via the pad, wherein the pad having an upper width is directly formed on the second plug.