Patent ID: 8354752

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: line patterns on a substrate along a first direction, the line patterns defining narrow gap regions along the first direction and wide gap regions along the first direction, the substrate being a semiconductor substrate with device isolation layers defining an active region, the active region extending in a second direction and crossing the line patterns, narrow gap regions and wide gap regions; spacer patterns in the narrow and wide gap regions on sidewalls of the line patterns, spacer patterns facing one another in the wide gap regions being spaced apart from each other to expose an upper surface of the substrate, and spacer patterns facing one another in the narrow gap regions contacting each other to fill the narrow gap regions; an insulating interlayer covering the spacer patterns and the line patterns; at least one opening along the second direction through the insulating interlayer, the at least one opening having a continuous line shape along the second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction, and the at least one opening selectively exposing the line patterns and spacer patterns and including at least one contact hole selectively exposing the upper surface of the substrate in one of the wide gap regions; and a conductive pattern in the at least one opening and the at least one contact hole to define an interconnection pattern on a contact plug, wherein the spacer patterns in the narrow gap regions are interposed between and directly contact the interconnection pattern and the active region, the spacer patterns electrically separating the interconnection pattern and the active region from each other in the narrow gap regions.