A method for manufacturing a memory includes: providing a substrate, capacitor contact pads being formed in the substrate; forming a laminated structure on the substrate, the laminated structure including a first laminated structure formed on the substrate and a second laminated structure formed on the first laminated structure; forming first through holes in the second laminated structure; forming a protective layer on side walls of the first through holes, the protective layer in the first through holes enclosing second through holes; and etching the first laminated structure along the second through holes to form third through holes, the third through holes exposing the capacitor contact pads.