Patent ID: 7521804

Claim:
A semiconductor device preventing an electrical short, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an active region formed in the semiconductor substrate and defined by a device isolation layer; a first interlayer insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate including the active region; contact pads passing through the first interlayer insulating layer and contacting with the active region; and contacts formed on the contact pads, the contacts being connected to a conductive layer disposed above the contacts, wherein the contact pads have a height lower than a top surface of the first interlayer insulating layer such that the contact pads have smaller thickness than the first interlayer insulating layer,and wherein the contact pads include: a bottom electrode contact pad connecting with a capacitor bottom electrode contact disposed above the bottom electrode contact pad; and a bit line contact pad connecting with a bit line contact disposed above the bit line contact pad, wherein a distance between the bottom surfaces of the capacitor bottom electrode contact and the bit line contact is larger than a width of a protruded portion of the first interlayer insulating layer.