Semiconductor memory device and a method for fabricating the same

摘要

A semiconductor memory device and a method of fabricating the same are provided, in which an interlayer film which only covers a peripheral circuit region except a memory cell array region is formed above the peripheral circuit region to reduce a topological difference between both regions after bitlines are formed, therefore a semiconductor substrate which has a plain surface as a main one can be used as a starting body with no preliminary processing thereon and a shallow trench isolation technique can also be applied, besides interconnects to the peripheral circuit can be led up to the surface of the device through a multi-step plug connection and thereby processing of large aspect-ratio holes, stuffing of metal in the holes and the like are unnecessary and as a result reliability of the process is improved.