Patent ID: 8648415

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a first trench in the semiconductor substrate having a first trench side surface and a second trench side surface opposing the first trench side surface in a first direction; a first gate insulating layer covering an inner surface of the first trench; a first buried word line disposed on a surface of the first gate insulating layer, and filling a bottom portion of the first trench; a first buried insulating layer disposed on an upper surface of the first buried word line, and filling an upper portion of the first trench; a second trench in the semiconductor substrate having a third trench side surface and a fourth trench side surface opposing the third trench side surface in the first direction, and being adjacent to the first trench in the first direction; a second gate insulating layer covering an inner surface of the second trench; a second buried word line disposed on a surface of the second gate insulating layer, and filling a bottom portion of the second trench; a second buried insulating layer disposed on an upper surface of the second buried word line, and filling an upper portion of the second trench; an impurity region in an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate between the second trench side surface and the third trench side surface, and having a top surface, a first side surface and a second side surface opposing the first side surface in the first direction, an interlayer insulating layer covering the first trench, the second trench and the impurity region, respectively; a contact hole in the interlayer insulating layer, and having a bottom surface comprising the top surface of the impurity region, a surface of a first recess portion disposed on an upper surface of the first buried insulating layer and contacting the first side surface, and a surface of a second recess portion disposed on an upper surface of the second buried insulating layer and contacting the second side surface; and a conductive layer filling the contact hole; wherein the conductive layer is in contact with the top surface, the first side surface and the second side surface of the impurity region respectively, the conductive layer in the first recess portion is insulated from the first buried word line by the first buried insulating layer, and the conductive layer in the second recess portion is insulated from the second buried word line by the second buried insulating layer.