Patent 9929099 was granted and assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. on March, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulating layer including a first insulating layer on a substrate, and a plurality of interconnections in the first insulating layer. The interlayer insulating layer includes a first region, and a second region including an air gap. The air gap is defined between a pair of the interconnections in the second region. A top surface of the first insulating layer of the first region is lower than a top surface of at least one of the interconnections in the first region.