Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yang-hee Lee

Bo-un Yoon

In-seak Hwang

Byoung-ho Kwon

Young-kuk Kim

Young-ho Koh

A semiconductor device including a direct contact and a bit line in a cell array region and a gate electrode structure in a peripheral circuit region, and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell array region including a first active region and a peripheral circuit region including a second active region, a first insulating layer on the substrate, the first insulating layer including contact holes exposing the first active region, a direct contact in the contact holes, wherein a direct contact is connected to the first active region, a bit line connected to the direct contact in the cell array region and extending in a first direction, and a gate insulating layer and a gate electrode structure, wherein a dummy conductive layer including substantially the same material as the direct contact is in the peripheral circuit region.

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Incheon, South Korea

Yang-hee Lee