SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING VERTICAL CHANNEL TRANSISTORS

A semiconductor device includes an active pillar that protrudes above a substrate, the active pillar including a pair of vertical sections and a body interconnection between the pair of vertical sections, and each of the pair of vertical sections having a channel body and a lower impurity region below the channel body, word lines coupled to respective channel bodies, and buried bit lines in contact with respective lower impurity regions, wherein the channel bodies are connected to the substrate through the body interconnection.