Patent ID: 6980454

Claim:
A semiconductor memory device, comprising: a plurality of first bit lines extending in a column direction; a plurality of second bit lines extending in said column direction alternately with said plurality of first bit lines, adjacent first and second bit lines making a bit-line set; active regions each extending in the column direction under the first and second bit lines of each bit-line set so as to align with a corresponding bit-line set of first and second bit lines as viewed two-dimensionally, active regions adjacent in a row direction being isolated from each other by an isolation region extending in the column direction, each active region provided to form a transistor; a plurality of first word lines extending in the row direction; a plurality of second word lines extending in the row direction alternately with said plurality of first word lines, adjacent first and second word lines making a word-line set; capacitor each provided in a region between and under the first and second word lines of each word-line set, said capacitors arranged being aligned in the row and column directions; a plurality of first bit-line contacts, provided for the respective first bit lines so as to align in said row direction, each for making an electrical contact between a corresponding first bit line and a corresponding active region, said plurality of first bit-line contacts being located at prescribed intervals along the column direction; and a plurality of second bit-line contacts, provided for the respective second bit lines so as to align in said row direction, each for making an electrical contact between a corresponding second bit line and a corresponding active region, said plurality of second bit-line contacts being located corresponding to said first bit-line contacts at said prescribed intervals along the column direction, each of said second bit-line contacts being located opposite to a corresponding first bit-line contact with respect to a corresponding one of capacitor contacts between said capacitors and said active regions, and the first and second bit-line contacts being arranged sandwiching the first and second word lines making the word-line set.