Patent Publication Number: US-8120118-B2

Title: Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present application is a Divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/354,434, filed on Jan. 15, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,855,134, and claims priority from Japanese Patent Applications No. 2008-93306 filed on Mar. 31, 2008, No. 2008-47462 filed on Feb. 28, 2008, and No. 2008-273763 filed on Oct. 24, 2008 the entire contents of each of which are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof, more specifically, a semiconductor device having a plurality of gate electrode structures and a manufacturing method thereof. 
     In CMOS devices after 45-nm node ones, replacement of a structure having poly-Si as a gate electrode and SiON as a gate insulating film with a gate stack structure having a high-dielectric-constant insulating film (which will hereinafter be called “high-k film”) as the gate insulating film has been started. This replacement occurs because compared with a SiO 2  film or the like, a high-k film functions as a thin film during electric operations, though it is physically thick, in other words, it has a small effective thickness so that it can contribute to the control of a gate leakage current. 
     In such a poly-Si/high-k film structure, however, a fermi level pinning phenomenon causes an increase in threshold voltage (Vth) at the time of device operation. This problem is particularly prominent in the threshold voltage of pMOSFET. 
     Injection of fluorine (F) ion into a Si substrate prior to the formation of a gate insulating film is proposed as a measure for reducing the threshold voltage (Vth) of pMOSFET (refer to M. Inoue, et al.,  IDEM Tech. Dig ., p. 425(2005)). Injection of a large amount of F ion into the Si substrate is however necessary in order to achieve desired device characteristics. Injection of a large amount of F ion into the Si substrate deteriorates device characteristics because of damage caused by injection. 
     As another measure for reducing the threshold voltage (Vth) of nMOSFET, injection of nitrogen (N 2 ) ion into the Si substrate prior to the formation of the gate insulating film is proposed. Injection of a large amount of N 2  ion into the Si substrate also deteriorates device characteristics because of damage caused by injection. 
     Since a work function has a direct relation to the threshold voltage (Vth) of FET, use of a metal material having a desired work function for a gate electrode is proposed as a measure for reducing the threshold voltage (Vth). A first advantage of using a metal material for the bottom layer of the gate electrode resides in that since a metal gate electrode, different from a poly-Si gate electrode, does not generate a depletion layer, an increase in the effective thickness of a gate insulating film at the time of device operation due to depletion does not occur, making it possible to realize a high-performance device. A second advantage resides in that difficulty in controlling a threshold voltage due to fermi level pinning can be avoided. 
     In CMOS devices, use of a metal material having a work function suited for each of pMOSFET and nMOSFET is preferred so that Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 2007-242894, 2007-141889, and 2005-294799 each proposes a method of controlling the material and crystal phase between n/p-MOS in a fully-silicided gate electrode using a Si film as the bottom layer of the gate electrode. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2007-142153 proposes a method of controlling, in a metal gate of n/p-MOS, nitrogen diffusion between a metal film/metal nitride film using metal materials of the same kind, thereby controlling the work function of a metal gate electrode. These proposals however have a problem because they complicate the production flow and make the production process difficult. 
     In order to avoid such problems, development of a hybrid metal gate CMOS device equipped with pMOSFET having a poly-Si/metal/high-k structure and nMOSFET having a poly-Si/high-k structure is promoted (refer to T. Hayashi, et al.,  IDEM Tech. Dig ., p. 247(2006)). 
     Further, formation of respective gate electrodes suited for pMOSFET and nMOSFET complicates the production process so that a method of capping a gate insulating film to form two kinds of gate insulating films is under investigation (refer to, for example, V. Narayanan et al.  VLSI Tech. Symp ., p. 224(2006). 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     As described above, in order to operate a CMOS device at a desired threshold voltage (Vth), it is preferred to use, as a gate electrode material, metal materials having respective work functions suited for pMOSFET and nMOSFET configuring the CMOS device. Formation of pMOSFET and nMOSFET by using at least two materials utterly different from each other in physical properties, respectively, is however presumed to complicate the production flow. Even if materials of the same kind are used as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 2007-242894, 2007-141889, 2005-294799, and 2007-142153, the production process also becomes difficult inevitably. Moreover, when different metal materials are used for pMOSFET and nMOSFET, respectively, gate electrodes obtained by simultaneous etching or the like of different materials on one chip (wafer) cannot easily have a satisfactory gate shape. There is therefore a danger of not obtaining desired device characteristics. 
     On the other hand, when a hybrid metal gate structure as described in T. Hayashi et al.,  IDEM Tech. Dig ., p. 247(2006) is employed, a control range of a threshold voltage becomes narrow and an effective thickness of the gate insulating film increases because the nMOSFET has a poly-Si/high-k structure. This may lead to failure in obtaining desired device characteristics and become a problem to be overcome. In addition, the formation method of a hybrid metal gate electrode as described in this document needs, after deposition of a desired metal material over a channel region on one side, removal of a metal layer over a channel region on the other side by wet etching or the like. The etching step of this metal layer is performed immediately above the gate insulating film so that it may damage the gate insulating film. There is therefore a danger of reducing the reliability of the device. 
     In the method of capping the gate insulating film as described in V. Narayanan et. al,  VLSI Tech. Symp ., p. 224(2006), formation and removal steps of a capping layer are repeated on the gate insulating film so that there is a danger of deterioration in the gate insulating film and reduction in the reliability of the resulting device. 
     An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device such as CMOS device which is equipped with a plurality of semiconductor elements having desired properties, respectively and at the same time, is highly reliable; and a manufacturing method capable of manufacturing the semiconductor device easily. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of manufacturing it easily and precisely while using, as dual gate electrode materials, metal materials having respectively desired work functions suited for a plurality of semiconductor elements configuring a semiconductor device such as pFET and nFET configuring a CMOS device. 
     A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of preventing reduction in the reliability of a gate insulating film and at the same time, widening the control range of a threshold voltage; and the semiconductor device. 
     A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the invention is that of a semiconductor device having a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element different from each other in conductivity type and aligned with each other and comprises the steps of: forming, in a semiconductor substrate, an element isolation film for isolating a first conductivity type element region in which the first conductivity type semiconductor element is to be formed from a second conductivity type element region in which the second conductivity type semiconductor element is to be formed; forming a first metal film over the surface of a gate insulating film placed over the main surface of the semiconductor substrate; forming a first cap layer containing a material different from that of the first metal film over the upper surface of the first metal film formed in the first conductivity type element region; carrying out first heat treatment to cause a reaction between the first cap layer and the first metal film in the first conductivity type element region; and forming a dual gate electrode structure different in composition between the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region. 
     A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the invention is that of a semiconductor device having a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element different from each other in conductivity type and aligned with each other and comprises the steps of: forming an insulating layer containing an insulating material over a semiconductor substrate in a first conductivity type element region in which the first conductivity type semiconductor element is to be formed and a second conductivity type element region in which the second conductivity type semiconductor element is to be formed; forming a first cap layer containing a first element between the semiconductor substrate and the insulating layer in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region or over the insulating layer in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region; forming an electrode conductive layer containing a conductive material over the first cap layer in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region; forming a second cap layer containing a second element different from the first element over the electrode conductive layer in the first conductivity type element region; and heat treating the insulating layer and the electrode conductive layer together with the first cap layer and the second cap layer. 
     A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the invention is that of a semiconductor device having a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element different from each other in conductivity type and aligned with each other and comprises the steps of: forming an insulating layer containing an insulating material over a semiconductor substrate in a first conductivity type element region in which the first conductivity type semiconductor element is to be formed and a second conductivity type element region in which the second conductivity type semiconductor element is to be formed; forming a first cap layer containing a first element between the semiconductor substrate and the insulating layer in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region or over insulating layer in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region; forming an electrode conductive layer containing a conductive material over the first cap layer in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region; forming a diffusion preventing layer over the electrode conductive layer in the second conductivity type element region in order to suppress or prevent diffusion of a second element different from the first element; forming a second cap layer containing the second element over the diffusion preventing layer and the electrode conductive layer in the first conductivity type element region; and heat treating the insulating layer, the electrode conductive layer, and the diffusion preventing layer together with the first cap layer and the second cap layer. 
     A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the invention is that of a semiconductor device having a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element different from each other in conductivity type and aligned with each other and comprises the steps of: forming an insulating layer containing an insulating material over a semiconductor substrate in a first conductivity type element region in which the first conductivity type semiconductor element is to be formed and a second conductivity type element region in which the second conductivity type semiconductor element is to be formed; forming a first cap layer containing a first element between the semiconductor substrate and the insulating layer in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region or over the insulating layer of the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region; forming an electrode conductive layer containing a conductive material over the first cap layer in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region to give a thickness of the electrode conductive layer in the second conductivity type element region greater than a thickness of the electrode conductive layer in the first conductivity type element region; forming a second cap layer containing a second element different from the first element over the electrode conductive layer in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region; and heat treating the insulating layer and the electrode conductive layer together with the first cap layer and the second cap layer. 
     A semiconductor device according to the invention comprises a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element different from each other in conductivity type and aligned with each other, wherein the first conductivity type semiconductor element comprises: a first element-added insulating layer placed over a semiconductor substrate, having insulation properties, and containing a first element and a second element different therefrom; and an element-added conductive layer placed over the first element-added insulating layer, having conductivity, and containing the second element, and wherein the second conductivity type semiconductor element comprises: a second element-added insulating layer juxtaposed to the first element-added insulating layer over the semiconductor substrate over which the first element-added insulating layer is placed, having insulation properties, and containing the first element; and an electrode conductive layer placed over the second element-added insulating layer and having conductivity. 
     A semiconductor device according to the invention comprises a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element different from each other in conductivity type and aligned with each other, wherein the first conductivity type semiconductor element comprises: a first element-added insulating layer placed over a semiconductor substrate, having insulation properties, and containing a first element and a second element different therefrom; and a first element-added conductive layer placed over the first element-added insulating layer, having conductivity, and containing the second element, and wherein the second conductivity type semiconductor element comprises: a second element-added insulating layer juxtaposed to the first element-added insulating layer over the semiconductor substrate over which the first element-added insulating layer is placed, having insulation properties, and containing the first element; an electrode conductive layer placed over the second element-added insulating layer and having conductivity; a second element-added conductive layer placed over the electrode conductive layer, having conductivity, and containing the second element; and another second element-added conductive layer placed over the second element-added conductive layer, having conductivity, and containing the second element. 
     A semiconductor device according to the invention comprises a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element different from each other in conductivity type and aligned with each other, wherein the first conductivity type semiconductor element comprises: a first element-added insulating layer placed over a semiconductor substrate, having insulation properties, and containing a first element and a second element different therefrom; and a first element-added conductive layer placed over the first element-added insulating layer, having conductivity, and containing the second element, and wherein the second conductivity type semiconductor element comprises: a second element-added insulating layer juxtaposed to the first element-added insulating layer over the semiconductor substrate over which the first element-added insulating layer is placed, having insulation properties, and containing the first element; an electrode conductive layer placed over the second element-added insulating layer and having conductivity; and a second element-added conductive layer placed over the electrode conductive layer, having conductivity, and containing the second element. 
     A semiconductor device according to the invention comprises a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element different from each other in conductivity type and aligned with each other, wherein the first conductivity type semiconductor element comprises: a first element-added insulating layer placed over a semiconductor substrate, having insulation properties, and containing a first element and a second element different therefrom; and a first element-added conductive layer placed over the first element-added insulating layer, having conductivity, and containing the second element, and wherein the second conductivity type semiconductor element comprises: a second element-added insulating layer juxtaposed to the first element-added insulating layer over the semiconductor substrate over which the first element-added insulating layer is placed, having insulation properties, and containing the first element; an electrode conductive layer placed over the second element-added insulating layer and having conductivity; and an upper conductive layer placed over the electrode conductive layer, having conductivity, and containing a material different from the material of the electrode conductive layer. 
     According to the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in one aspect of the invention, a semiconductor device permitting operation of a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type element at desired threshold voltages, respectively can be formed easily by employing a dual gate electrode structure in which a gate electrode of the first conductivity type semiconductor element and a gate electrode of the second conductivity type semiconductor element are made of metal materials different in work function. In particular, since main materials used for the metal film of the gate electrode of the first conductivity type semiconductor element and the metal film of the gate electrode of the second conductivity type semiconductor element are the same, the gate electrodes can be processed more easily and more accurately even though the gate electrodes are minute. Moreover, the processing does not cause any damage to a gate insulating film during manufacturing steps so that a highly reliable semiconductor device can be manufactured. Thus, the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the invention facilitates manufacture of a semiconductor device which is equipped with a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element having desired properties, respectively, and at the same time, is highly reliable. 
     According to the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in another aspect of the invention, an insulating layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate in a first conductivity type element region and a second conductivity type element region and a first cap layer and an electrode conductive layer are formed successively between the insulating layer and the semiconductor substrate or over the insulating layer. Over the electrode conductive layer thus formed in the first conductivity type element region, a second cap layer is formed. Together with the first cap layer and the second cap layer thus formed, the insulating layer and the electrode conductive layer are heat treated. This heat treatment enables diffusion of the first element contained in the first cap layer into the insulating layer over or below the first cap layer. In addition, this heat treatment enables diffusion of the second element contained in the second cap layer into the electrode conductive layer below the second cap layer and into the insulating layer below the electrode conductive layer. This enables to form an insulating layer containing the first and the second elements in the first conductivity type element region and an insulating layer containing the first element in the second conductivity type element region. The threshold voltage of the first conductivity type semiconductor element and the threshold voltage of the second conductivity type semiconductor element can be controlled independently and the control range of the threshold voltage can be widened. 
     The second cap layer is formed over the electrode conductive layer and the second cap layer and the insulating layer have therebetween the electrode conductive layer so that deterioration of the insulating layer can be prevented when, after formation of the second cap layer both in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region in order to form the second cap layer in the first conductivity type element region, the second cap layer is removed from the second conductivity type element region. This enables to prevent reduction in the reliability of the insulating layer due to deterioration thereof and thereby widen the control range of a threshold voltage while preventing reduction in the reliability of the insulating layer. For example, in the case of a MOS transistor in which a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element use an insulating layer as the gate insulating film thereof, reduction in the reliability of the gate insulating film can be prevented and at the same time, the control range of the threshold voltage can be widened. As a result, a highly reliable semiconductor device equipped with the first conductivity type semiconductor element and the second conductivity type semiconductor element having desired properties, respectively, can be manufactured easily. 
     According to the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in a further aspect of the invention, an insulating layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate in a first conductivity type element region and a second conductivity type element region and a first cap layer and an electrode conductive layer are formed successively between the insulating layer and the semiconductor substrate or over the insulating layer. A diffusion preventing layer is formed over the electrode conductive layer in the second conductivity type element region and a second cap layer is formed over the diffusion preventing layer and the electrode conductive layer in the first conductivity type element region. Together with the first cap layer and the second cap layer thus formed, the insulating layer, the electrode conductive layer, and the diffusion preventing layer are heat treated. 
     This heat treatment enables to diffuse the first element contained in the first cap layer into the insulating layer above or below the first cap layer. In the first conductivity type element region, a second element contained in the second cap layer can be diffused into the electrode conductive layer below the second cap layer and diffused further into the insulating layer below the electrode conductive layer. In the second conductive type element region, the second cap layer is formed over the diffusion preventing layer so that diffusion of the second element into the electrode conductive layer and the insulating layer can be suppressed or prevented by the diffusion preventing layer. This enables to form the insulating layer containing the first and second elements in the first conductivity type element region and form the insulating layer containing the first element in the second conductivity type semiconductor region so that the threshold voltage of the first conductivity type semiconductor element and the threshold voltage of the second conductivity type semiconductor element can be controlled, respectively. The control range of the threshold voltage can therefore be widened. 
     The second cap layer is formed over the electrode conductive layer and the second cap layer and the insulating layer have therebetween the electrode conductive layer so that deterioration of the insulating layer can be prevented when, after formation of the second cap layer both in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region in order to form the second cap layer in the first conductivity type element region, the second cap layer is removed from the second conductivity type element region. This enables to prevent reduction in the reliability of the insulating layer due to deterioration thereof and thereby widen the control range of a threshold voltage while preventing reduction in the reliability of the insulating layer. For example, in the case of a MOS transistor in which a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element use an insulating layer as the gate insulating film thereof, reduction in the reliability of the gate insulating film can be prevented and at the same time, the control range of the threshold voltage can be widened. As a result, a highly reliable semiconductor device equipped with the first conductivity type semiconductor element and the second conductivity type semiconductor element having desired properties, respectively, can be manufactured easily. 
     According to the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in a still further aspect of the invention, an insulating layer is formed over a semiconductor substrate in a first conductivity type element region and a second conductivity type element region and a first cap layer and an electrode conductive layer are formed successively between the insulating layer and the semiconductor substrate or over the insulating layer. The electrode conductive layer is designed to be thicker in the second conductivity type element region than in the first conductivity type element region. A second cap layer is formed over the electrode conductive layer both in the first conductivity type element region and the second conductivity type element region. Together with the first cap layer and the second cap layer thus formed, the insulating layer and the electrode conductive layer are heat treated. This heat treatment enables diffusion of the first element contained in the first cap layer into the insulating layer above or below the first cap layer. It also enables to diffuse the second element contained in the second cap layer into the electrode conductive layer below the second cap layer and further diffuse it into the insulating layer below the electrode conductive layer. 
     The electrode conductive layer is thicker in the second conductivity type element region than in the first conductivity type element region so that diffusion of the second element into the electrode conductive layer and the insulating layer can be suppressed compared with the diffusion in the first conductivity type element region. For example, it is possible to diffuse the second element into the insulating layer in the second conductivity type element region but not to diffuse it into the insulating layer in the first conductivity type element region. By this, the insulating layer containing the first and second elements can be formed in the first conductivity type element region, while the insulating layer containing the first element can be formed in the second conductivity type element region. The threshold voltage of the first conductivity type semiconductor element and the threshold voltage of the second conductivity type semiconductor element can be controlled, respectively, whereby the control range of the threshold voltage can be widened. 
     The second cap layer is formed over the electrode conductive layer and the second cap layer and the insulating layer have therebetween the electrode conductive layer so that deterioration of the insulating layer during formation of the second cap layer can be prevented. This enables to prevent reduction in the reliability of the insulating layer due to deterioration thereof and thereby widen the control range of a threshold voltage while preventing reduction in the reliability of the insulating layer. For example, in the case of a MOS transistor in which a first conductivity type element and a second conductivity type element use an insulating layer as the gate insulating film thereof, reduction in the reliability of the gate insulating film can be prevented and at the same time, the control range of the threshold voltage can be widened. As a result, a highly reliable semiconductor device equipped with a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element having desired properties, respectively, can be manufactured easily. 
     According to the semiconductor device in one aspect of the invention, a first conductivity type semiconductor element contains first and second elements in a first element-added insulating layer thereof and contains the second element in an element-added conductive layer over the first element-added insulating layer. A second conductivity type semiconductor element contains the first element in a second element-added insulating layer thereof and is equipped with an electrode conductive layer over the second element-added insulating layer. Such a structure enables to realize the first conductivity type semiconductor element and the second conductivity type semiconductor element having threshold voltages suited therefor respectively. Since the first and second element-added insulating layers can be formed without etching on an insulating layer which is to be the first and second element-added insulating layers, deterioration in the manufacturing procedure can be prevented and reduction in reliability can therefore be prevented. As a result, a highly reliable semiconductor device equipped with a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element having desired properties, respectively, can be realized. 
     According to the semiconductor device in another aspect of the invention, a first conductivity type semiconductor element contains first and second elements in a first element-added insulating layer thereof and contains the second element in a first element-added conductive layer over the first element-added insulating layer. A second conductivity type semiconductor element contains the first element in a second element-added insulating layer thereof, is equipped with an electrode conductive layer over the second element-added insulating layer, and contains the second element in a second element-added conductive layer over the electrode conductive layer and another second element-added conductive layer. Such a structure enables to realize the first conductivity type semiconductor element and the second conductivity type semiconductor element having threshold voltages suited therefor respectively. Since the first and second element-added insulating layers can be formed without etching on an insulating layer which is to be the first and second element-added insulating layers, deterioration in the manufacturing procedure can be prevented and reduction in reliability can therefore be prevented. As a result, a highly reliable semiconductor device equipped with a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element having desired properties, respectively, can be realized. 
     According to the semiconductor device in a further aspect of the invention, a first conductivity type semiconductor element contains first and second elements in a first element-added insulating layer thereof and contains the second element in an element-added conductive layer over the first element-added insulating layer. A second conductivity type semiconductor element contains the first element in a second element-added insulating layer thereof, is equipped with an electrode conductive layer over the second element-added insulating layer, and contains the second element in a second element-added conductive layer over the electrode conductive layer and another second element-added conductive layer. Such a structure enables to realize the first conductivity type semiconductor element and the second conductivity type semiconductor element having threshold voltages suited therefor respectively. Since the first and second element-added insulating layers can be formed without etching on an insulating layer which is to be the first and second element-added insulating layers, deterioration in the manufacturing procedure can be prevented and reduction in reliability can therefore be prevented. As a result, a highly reliable semiconductor device equipped with a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element having desired properties, respectively, can be realized. 
     According to the semiconductor device in a still further aspect of the invention, a first conductivity type semiconductor element contains first and second elements in a first element-added insulating layer thereof and contains the second element in a first element-added conductive layer over the first element-added insulating layer. A second conductivity type semiconductor element contains the first element in a second element-added insulating layer thereof, is equipped with an electrode conductive layer over the second element-added insulating layer, and has an upper conductive layer containing a material different from that of the electrode conductive layer over the electrode conductive layer. Such a structure enables to realize the first conductivity type semiconductor element and the second conductivity type semiconductor element having threshold voltages suited therefor respectively. Since the first and second element-added insulating layers can be formed without etching on an insulating layer which is to be the first and second element-added insulating layers, deterioration in the manufacturing procedure can be prevented and reduction in reliability can therefore be prevented. As a result, a highly reliable semiconductor device equipped with a first conductivity type semiconductor element and a second conductivity type semiconductor element having desired properties, respectively, can be realized. 
    
    
     
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         FIG. 1  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a first embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 5  is a top view schematically illustrating the formation region of an n-side cap layer  8 A in the semiconductor device relating to the first embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 6  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 8  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 9  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 10  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a second embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 11  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the second embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 12  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the second embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 13  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a third embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 14  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the third embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 15  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the third embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 16  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the third embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 17  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the third embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 18  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a fourth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 19  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the fourth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 20  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the fourth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 21  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the fourth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 22  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the fourth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 23  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the fourth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 24  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the fourth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 25  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the fourth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 26  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a fifth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 27  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the fifth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 28  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the fifth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 29  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a sixth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 30  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the sixth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 31  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the sixth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 32  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the sixth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 33  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the sixth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 34  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a seventh embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 35  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the seventh embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 36  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the seventh embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 37  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the seventh embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 38  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an eighth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 39  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the eighth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 40  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the eighth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 41  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the eighth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 42  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a ninth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 43  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to the ninth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 44  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the ninth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 45  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the ninth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 46  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the ninth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 47  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a tenth embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 48  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the tenth embodiment of the invention; and 
         FIG. 49  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the tenth embodiment of the invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     A plurality of embodiments for practicing the invention will next be described. In each embodiment, a portion corresponding to that described in the preceding embodiment may be identified by a like reference numeral or symbol and overlapping description may be omitted. When only a part of the constitution is described, the other part of the constitution is similar to that described in the preceding embodiment. 
     First Embodiment 
       FIGS. 1 to 4  and  FIGS. 6 to 9  are each a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a manufacturing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The semiconductor device in this embodiment has a complementary MOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor; abbreviation: CMOS) structure, more specifically, it is a CMOS transistor.  FIG. 5  is a top view schematically illustrating the formation region of an n-side cap layer  8 A, which will be described later, in the semiconductor device of the first embodiment.  FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view taken along a line I-II of  FIG. 5 . The CMOS transistor is more specifically a CMOS field effect transistor (abbreviation: FET). The CMOSFET has an n-type MOS transistor which is an n-channel MOS transistor and a p-type MOS transistor which is a p-channel MOS transistor. These transistors are aligned with each other. The n-type MOS transistor is, more specifically, an nMOSFET (which may hereinafter be called “nFET”), while the p-type MOS transistor is, more specifically, a pMOSFET (which may hereinafter be called “pFET”). Thus, in the CMOSFET, an nMOSFET and a pMOSFET different in conductivity type are aligned with each other. The nMOSFET corresponds to a first conductivity type semiconductor element and the pMOSFET corresponds to a second conductivity type semiconductor element. 
     First, as illustrated in  FIG. 1 , a p well  3  and an n well  4  extending toward the inside of a p type semiconductor layer  2  from the main surface of a silicon (Si) substrate  1  which is a semiconductor substrate, and an insulating film  5  serving as an element isolation film (which may hereinafter be called “element isolation insulating film”) are formed successively. The element isolation insulating film  5  is, as illustrated in  FIG. 5 , an insulating film for partitioning an nMOSFET region (which may hereinafter be called “nFET region”) Rn in which an nMOSFET is to be formed from a pMOSFET region (which may hereinafter be called “pFET region”) Rp in which pMOSFET is to be formed. The element isolation insulating film  5  has, immediately below the bottom surface thereof, a boundary surface BS between the p well  3  and the n well  4 . The boundary surface BS corresponds to a boundary between the nFET region Rn and the pFET region Rp. Thus, the nFET region Rn and the pFET region Rp are separated from each other by the element isolation insulating film  5 . The nFET region Rn corresponds to a first conductivity type element region, while the pFET region Rp corresponds to a second conductivity type element region. A step of forming the element isolation insulating film  5  extending from the main surface of the semiconductor substrate  1  to the inside of the p type semiconductor layer  2  corresponds to a step of forming an element isolation film in a semiconductor substrate. 
     After the formation of the p well  3 , the n well  4 , and the element isolation insulating film  5 , a hafnium silicon oxynitride (HfSiON) film, for example, is formed as a gate insulating film  6  configuring a high-k film over the entire upper surface of the main surface of the Si substrate  1 . The material of the gate insulating film  6  is not limited to it, but a silicon oxynitride film (SiON) or an oxide film, oxynitride film, or oxynitride silicide film of hafnium (Hf), lanthanum (La) or aluminum (Al) may be used instead as the material of the gate insulating film  6 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , a gate-electrode metal film M corresponding to a first metal film is formed by sputtering over the entire upper surface of the gate insulating film  6 . The thickness of the gate-electrode metal film M is empirically adjusted to fall within a range of from 3 to 30 nm because when it is too small, the thickness of the film M cannot be controlled easily and when it is too large, the n-side cap layer  8 A, which will be described later, cannot be diffused sufficiently. For the gate-electrode metal film M, usable is any of materials (first materials) containing at least one element selected from the group comprised of titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), Hf, and tungsten (W), and nitrides (such as TiN), carbides (such as Tac), silicides (such as HfSi), nitride silicides (such as TaSiN) or carbonitrides (such as TaCN) of the first materials. 
     By photolithography with a photoresist mask formed by applying a resist over the upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film M, a resist pattern  7  is formed, as illustrated in  FIG. 3 , over an entire upper surface portion of the gate-electrode metal film M belonging to the pFET region Rp. 
     With the resist pattern  7  as a mask, the n-side cap layer (corresponding to a first cap layer)  8 A is formed over the entire upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film M formed in the nFET region Rn as illustrated in  FIGS. 4 and 5 , meaning in this embodiment that the n-side cap layer  8 A is formed over the entire upper surface of only a portion of the gate-electrode metal film M belonging to the nFET region Rn. The resist pattern  7  is then removed because it becomes unnecessary. The thickness of the n-side cap layer  8 A is adjusted empirically to 10 nm or less. In addition, the n-side cap layer  8 A is made of a material different from the gate-electrode metal film M. The material of the n-side cap layer  8 A is preferably any of metal materials (second materials) containing at least one element selected from the group comprised of Hf, Ta, La, magnesium (Mg), ytterbium (Yb), and indium (In), and oxides, nitrides, carbides, silicides, nitride silicides, or carbonitrides of the second materials. 
     Alternatively, the n-side cap layer  8 A may be formed by the method illustrated in  FIG. 6 . Described specifically, a cap layer  8 AP is formed over the entire upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film M. Then, a resist pattern  7 A is formed over the entire upper surface of a portion of the cap layer  8 AP belonging to the nFET region Rn. With the resist pattern  7 A as a mask, wet etching or dry etching is performed to completely remove the portion of the cap layer  8 AP belonging to the pFET region Rp. By the above step, the n-side cap layer  8 A is formed over the entire upper surface of the portion of the gate-electrode metal film M belonging to the nFET region Rn. The resist pattern  7 A is then removed, because it becomes unnecessary. 
     After the formation of the n-side cap layer  8 A, heat treatment is performed to cause a reaction between the n-side cap layer  8 A and the gate-electrode metal film M in the nFET region Rn (that is, a portion of the gate-electrode metal film M located immediately below the n-side cap layer  8 A) to diffuse the n-side cap layer  8 A into the gate-electrode metal film M located below the n-side cap layer  8 A to form, as illustrated in  FIG. 7 , an n-side gate-electrode metal film MA in the nFET region Rn. A gate electrode layer which will be a bottom layer contiguous to the upper surface of the gate insulating film  6  is the gate-electrode metal film M in the pFET region Rp, while it is the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA in the nFET region Rn. The heat treatment temperature for causing diffusion (reaction) is determined depending on the material of the cap layer A. This heat treatment for diffusing the n-side cap layer  8 A into the gate-electrode metal film M in the nFET region Rn, thereby causing a reaction therebetween corresponds to first heat treatment. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 8 , a polycrystalline silicon layer (which may hereinafter be called “poly-Si layer”)  10 A is deposited to give a thickness within a range of from 30 to 120 nm over the entire upper surface of the gate electrode layer serving as the bottom layer. An advantage of forming the poly-Si layer  10 A is that the conventional CMOS formation process can be applied as is to the subsequent steps. Alternatively, each gate electrode of the pFET and the nFET may be formed only of the gate-electrode metal film M and the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA without forming the poly-Si layer  10 A. 
     Then, processing is performed to form the gate electrode of each of the pFET and the nFET by dry etching or the like. Since the gate electrodes of the nFET and the pFET are made of the same main material, these gate electrodes can be processed readily. As illustrated in  FIG. 9 , a dual gate electrode structure is formed, in which a gate electrode GE of the nFET has a stack structure of the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the poly-Si layer  10  and a gate electrode GE of the pFET has a stack structure of the gate-electrode metal film M and the poly-Si layer  10 . Thus, the processing step for the formation of the respective gate electrodes of the pFET and the nFET corresponds to a step of forming a dual gate electrode structure having a composition different between the nFET region Rn and the pFET region Rp. 
     The ordinary process flows for CMOS formation are conducted successively to complete the formation of the CMOS. In this process flow for CMOS formation, a source/drain region  11  and sidewall spacer  12  illustrated in  FIG. 9  are formed. 
     As described above, according to this embodiment, a CMOS permitting operation of the nFET and the pFET at desired threshold voltages, respectively, can be formed easily with accuracy by having a dual gate electrode structure in which the gate electrode GE of the nFET has the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the gate electrode GE of the pFET has the gate-electrode metal film M, thus having work functions different from each other. In particular, the nFET and the pFET use the same main material for the gate electrode GE thereof, which facilitates the processing of gate electrodes by dry etching or the like. This enables to improve the processing accuracy of a minute gate electrode. In addition, a step of removing a gate electrode from one channel region which step is employed in the conventional hybrid metal gate electrode structure is not required so that the gate insulating film  6  is free from damage, making it possible to achieve a highly reliable device. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present embodiment can thus easily manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device permitting the nFET and the pFET to have desired properties, respectively. 
     Second Embodiment 
       FIGS. 10 to 12  are cross-sectional views illustrating the state of each manufacturing step of a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a second embodiment of the invention. In the present embodiment, after formation of a gate-electrode metal film M in accordance with a similar flow to that employed in the first embodiment, a p-side cap layer  8 B is formed over the upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film M formed in the pFET region Rp as illustrated in the cross-sectional view of  FIG. 10 , meaning in the present embodiment that the p-side cap layer  8 B is formed only over a portion of the upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film M belonging to the pFET region Rp, while employing the method using a photoresist mask (refer to  FIG. 3 ) or by the method using wet etching or dry etching (refer to  FIG. 6 ). The thickness of the p-side cap layer (corresponding to a first cap layer)  8 B is adjusted empirically to 10 nm or less. The p-side cap layer  8 B is made of a material different from that of the gate-electrode metal film M. As the p-side cap layer  8 B, it is desired to use any of metal materials (third materials) containing at least one element selected from the group comprised of platinum (Pt), iridium (Ir), nickel (Ni), aluminum (Al) and ruthenium (Ru), and oxides, nitrides, carbides, silicides, nitride silicides, or carbonitrides of the third materials. 
     Then, heat treatment is performed to cause a reaction between the p-side cap layer  8 B and the gate-electrode metal film M in the pFET region Rp (that is, a portion of the gate-electrode metal film M located immediately below the p-side cap layer  8 B) to diffuse the p-side cap layer  8 B into the gate-electrode metal film M located below the p-side cap layer  8 B, whereby a p-side gate-electrode metal film MB is formed in the pFET region Rp as illustrated in  FIG. 11 . The heat treatment temperature for diffusion is determined, depending on the material used for the p-side cap layer  8 B. This heat treatment for diffusing the p-side cap layer  8 B into the gate-electrode metal film M in the pFET region Rp and causing a reaction therebetween corresponds to first heat treatment. 
     Then, as in the first embodiment, a poly-Si layer is deposited to give a thickness within a range of from 30 to 120 nm and each gate electrode of the pFET and the nFET is processed by dry etching or the like. Also in this embodiment, use of the same main material for the gate electrodes of the nFET and the pFET facilitates processing of the gate electrodes. As a result, as illustrated in FIG.  12 , a dual gate electrode structure, in which the gate electrode of the nFET has a stack structure of the gate-electrode metal film M and the poly-Si layer  10  and the gate electrode of the pFET has a stack structure of the p-side gate-electrode metal film MB and the poly-Si layer  10 , is formed. 
     As in the first embodiment, ordinary process flows for CMOS formation are conducted successively to complete the CMOS. 
     Also this embodiment does not require formation of the poly-Si layer  10 . 
     As described above, according to this embodiment, a CMOS permitting operation of the nFET and the pFET thereof at desired threshold voltages, respectively can be formed easily with accuracy by having a dual gate electrode structure in which the gate electrode GE of the nFET has the gate-electrode metal film M and the gate electrode GE of the pFET has the p-side gate-electrode metal film MB, thus having work functions different from each other. In particular, use of the same main material for the respective gate electrodes GE of the nFET and the pFET facilitates gate electrode processing such as dry etching. This enables to improve the processing accuracy of a minute gate electrode. In addition, a step of removing a gate electrode from one channel region which step is employed in the conventional hybrid metal gate electrode structure is not required so that the gate insulating film  6  becomes free of damage, making it possible to achieve a highly reliable device. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present embodiment can thus easily manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device permitting the nFET and the pFET to have desired properties, respectively. 
     Third Embodiment 
       FIGS. 13 to 17  are cross-sectional views illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a third embodiment of the invention. This embodiment is characterized by that an n-side gate-electrode metal film MA is formed in an nFET region Rn and a p-side gate-electrode metal film MC is formed in a pFET region Rp and these metal films are formed over one chip. The p-side gate-electrode metal film MC corresponds to the p-side gate-electrode metal film MB in the second embodiment and is formed in a similar manner to that of the p-side gate-electrode metal film MB in the second embodiment. 
     First, one of the methods for forming the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the p-side gate-electrode metal film MC over one chip is described. Described specifically, the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA is formed in the nFET region Rn by a similar method to that described in  FIGS. 1 to 7  of the first embodiment. Then, as illustrated in  FIG. 13 , a second p-side cap layer (corresponding to the second cap layer)  8 C is formed only over the entire upper surface of a portion of the gate-electrode metal film M in the pFET region Rp by using a similar method to that already described in the first embodiment (refer to  FIG. 3  or  6 ). Then, heat treatment is performed at a specific temperature determined depending on the material of the second p-side cap layer  8 C and the second p-side cap layer  8 C is diffused into the gate-electrode metal film M in the pFET region Rp, whereby a p-side gate-electrode metal film MC is formed in the pFET region Rp as illustrated in  FIG. 14 . 
     The second p-side cap layer  8 C corresponds to the p-side cap layer  8 B of the second embodiment and it is formed in a similar manner to the p-side cap layer  8 B of the second embodiment except that it is formed after the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA is formed in the nFET region Rn. The second p-side cap layer  8 C is made of a material different from the material of the gate-electrode metal film M and the n-side cap layer  8 A corresponding to the first cap layer. As the material of the second p-side cap layer  8 C, it is desired to use any of metal materials (third materials) containing at least one element selected from the group of platinum (Pt), iridium (Ir), nickel (Ni), aluminum (Al) and ruthenium (Ru), and oxides, nitrides, carbides, silicides, nitride silicides, or carbonitrides of the third materials. The heat treatment for diffusing the second p-side cap layer  8 C in the gate-electrode metal film M in the pFET region Rp and causing a reaction therebetween corresponds to second heat treatment. 
     Another method for forming the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the p-side gate-electrode metal film MC on one chip will next be described. As illustrated in  FIG. 15 , after formation of the structure of the first embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 2 , the n-side cap layer  8 A is formed only over the entire upper surface of portion of the gate-electrode metal film M in the nFET region Rn, while the second p-side cap layer  8 C having a work function different from that of the n-side cap layer  8 A is formed only over the entire upper surface of a portion of the gate-electrode metal film M in the pFET region Rp. Heat treatment is performed at the same temperature, whereby diffusion of the n-side cap layer  8 A into the gate-electrode metal film M in the nFET region Rn and diffusion of the second p-side cap layer  8 C into the gate-electrode metal film M in the pFET region Rp are performed simultaneously. The heat treatment temperature at this time is determined, depending on the materials selected for the n-side cap layer  8 A and the second p-side cap layer  8 C. As a result, the structure illustrated in  FIG. 14  can be obtained similarly. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 16 , a poly-Si layer  10 A is then deposited over the entire upper surface of the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the p-side gate-electrode metal film MC. Steps subsequent thereto are similar to those of the first embodiment or the second embodiment. As a result, a dual gate electrode structure in which the gate electrode GE of the nFET has the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the gate electrode GE of the pFET has the p-side gate-electrode metal film MC is achieved as illustrated in  FIG. 17 . 
     As in the first or second embodiment, ordinary process flows for CMOS formation are conducted successively to complete the CMOS. 
     As described above, according to this embodiment, a CMOS permitting the nFET and the pFET to operate at desired threshold voltages, respectively can be formed easily with accuracy by having a dual gate electrode structure in which the gate electrode GE of the nFET has the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the gate electrode GE of the pFET has the p-side gate-electrode metal film MC, thus having work functions different from each other. In particular, since main materials used for the gate electrodes are the same between the nFET and the pFET, the gate electrodes can be processed more easily by etching or the like. This enables improvement in the processing accuracy of a minute gate electrode. In addition, a step of removing the gate electrode from one channel region which is employed in the conventional hybrid metal gate electrode structure is not required so that the gate insulating film  6  becomes free of damage, making it possible to achieve a highly reliable device. The manufacturing method of the semiconductor device according to the present embodiment can thus easily manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device permitting the nFET and the pFET to have desired properties, respectively. 
     Fourth Embodiment 
       FIGS. 18 to 23  are cross-sectional views illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a fourth embodiment of the invention. This embodiment proposes a manufacturing method of a CMOS in the case where in the structure of  FIG. 2  relating to each of the first to third embodiments, the thickness of the gate-electrode metal film M is adjusted to relatively thin, from about 3 to 10 nm in order to facilitate diffusion of the above-described cap layer. In the example shown below, the technical characteristic of this embodiment is applied to the first embodiment. It is needless to say that the technical characteristic of the present embodiment may be applied to the second or third embodiment. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 18 , an n-side cap layer  8 A is formed only over the upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film M in the nFET region Rn by the method already described in the first embodiment. Heat treatment is then performed on the n-side cap layer  8 A to diffuse it in a portion of the gate-electrode metal film M immediately below the cap layer to form an n-side gate-electrode metal film MA in the nFET region Rn as illustrated in  FIG. 19 . Then, as illustrated in  FIG. 20 , a second gate-electrode metal film (corresponding to a second metal film) N is formed over the entire upper surface of the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the gate-electrode metal film M to obtain a stack structure of these gate-electrode metal films. In this case, the thickness of the second gate-electrode metal film N is adjusted to fall within a range of from 5 to 30 nm from the empirical standpoint. 
     Alternatively, a manufacturing method described below is used to obtain the stack structure of the above-described gate-electrode metal films. Described specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 21 , a second gate-electrode metal film (corresponding to a second metal film) having a thickness within a range of from 5 to 30 nm is formed over the entire upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film M so as to cover the n-side cap layer  8 A. The structure illustrated in  FIG. 21  is heat treated through the second gate-electrode metal film N to cause diffusion/reaction of the n-side cap layer  8 A in the gate-electrode metal film M immediately therebelow to form the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA in the nFET region Rn as illustrated in  FIG. 20 . 
     Although the material of the second gate-electrode metal film N is desirably similar to that of the gate-electrode metal film M, it is not limited thereto. For example, any of metal materials (fourth materials) containing at least one element selected from the group comprised of Ti, Ta, Hf and W, and nitrides, carbides, silicides, nitride silicides, or carbonitrides of the fourth materials can be used as the material of the second gate-electrode metal film N. 
     After formation of the second gate-electrode metal film N, a poly-Si layer  10 A is stacked (a modification example does not need the formation of the poly-Si layer  10 A) as illustrated in  FIG. 22 , followed by the gate electrode processing as described already in the first embodiment to obtain a structure as illustrated in  FIG. 23 . The thus-obtained structure illustrated in  FIG. 23  is a dual gate electrode structure in which the gate electrode of the nFET has a stack of the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the second gate-electrode metal film N, and the poly-Si layer  10 , while the gate electrode of the pFET has a stack of the gate-electrode metal film M and the second gate-electrode metal film N, and the poly-Si layer  10 . 
     Ordinary process flows for CMOS formation similar to those employed above are conducted successively to complete the CMOS. 
       FIG. 24  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of a manufacturing step when the present embodiment is applied to the method of the third embodiment illustrated in  FIGS. 13 and 14 , that is, a method of forming, after formation of the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA, the second p-side cap layer  8 C and diffusing it to form the p-side gate-electrode metal film MC.  FIG. 25  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of a manufacturing step when the present embodiment is applied to the method of the third embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 15 , that is, the method of diffusing both the n-side cap layer  8 A and the second p-side cap layer  8 C to form the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the p-side gate-electrode metal film MC. 
     When the present embodiment is applied to the method of the third embodiment illustrated in  FIGS. 13 and 14 , an n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and a p-side gate-electrode metal film MC are formed as illustrated in  FIG. 14 , followed by the formation of a second gate-electrode metal film N over the entire upper surfaces of the n-side gate-electrode metal film MA and the p-side gate-electrode metal film MC as illustrated in  FIG. 24 . 
     When the present embodiment is applied to the method of the third embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 15 , after formation of the n-side cap layer  8 A and the second p-side cap layer  8 C as illustrated in  FIG. 15  but prior to diffusion of the n-side cap layer  8 A and the second p-side cap layer  8 C, a second gate-electrode metal film N is formed over the entire upper surfaces of the n-side cap layer  8 A and the second p-side cap layer  8 C as illustrated in  FIG. 25 . 
     As described above, the present embodiment can provide the following advantages. First, even when the gate-electrode metal film M is relatively thin, the second gate-electrode metal film N made of a material same or different therefrom is stacked so that the height of the gate electrode GE can be stabilized by controlling the thickness of the second gate-electrode metal film N or the poly-Si layer  10 . Secondly, since the metal film of the gate electrode GE can be thickened by stacking the second gate-electrode metal film N made of a material same or different from the gate-electrode metal film M, Si diffusion from the poly-Si layer  10 , which is the top layer of the gate electrode, can be suppressed and fluctuations in the work function can be prevented. 
     Fifth Embodiment 
       FIGS. 26 to 28  are cross-sectional views illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a fifth embodiment of the invention. Also in this embodiment, a complementary MOSFET (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor; abbreviation: CMOSFET)  200  is manufactured as a semiconductor device. The CMOSFET  200  has both an n type MOS transistor which is an n channel MOS transistor and a p type MOS transistor which is a p channel MOS transistor. The n type MOS transistor is more specifically an nMOSFET  120 , while the p type MOS transistor is more specifically a pMOSFET  121 . In this embodiment, the nMOSFET  120  corresponds to a first conductivity type semiconductor element and the pMOSFET  121  corresponds to a second conductivity type semiconductor element.  FIGS. 26 to 28  omit therefrom the p type semiconductor layer  2  illustrated above in  FIGS. 1 to 25  to facilitate understanding. 
       FIG. 26  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of a second insulating-film cap layer  109 . As illustrated in  FIG. 26 , an element isolation film  102 , a p well  103 , and an n well  104  extending from the surface of a silicon (Si) substrate  101  which is a semiconductor substrate toward the inside of the Si substrate  101  are formed successively in accordance of the production flow of a conventional CMOS. The element isolation film  102  is an insulating film for partitioning an nMOSFET region Rn which is a first conductivity type element region from a pMOSFET region Rp which is a second conductivity type element region and is interposed between the p well  103  formed in the nMOSFET region Rn and the n well  104  formed in the pMOSFET region Rp. A boundary surface BS between the p well  103  and the n well  104  is formed immediately below the bottom surface of the element isolation film  102 . This boundary surface BS corresponds to a boundary between the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp. 
     Then, an interface layer  105  is formed over the entire upper surface of the Si substrate  101  from the surface side on which the element isolation film  102 , the p well  103 , and the n well  104  are formed. The interface layer  105  is formed to prevent an interfacial reaction between the Si substrate  101  and a gate-insulating-film insulating layer  106  which will be described later and it is made of, for example, an insulation material. The interface layer  105  is made of, for example, a silicon oxide film (SiO 2 ) or a silicon oxynitride film (SiON) and is formed by oxidation or oxidation and nitridation of the Si substrate  101 . 
     As the gate-insulating-film insulating layer (which may hereinafter be called “insulating layer”, simply)  106 , for example, a hafnium silicon oxynitride (HfSiON) layer is formed over the entire upper surface of the interface layer  105 . The material of the gate-insulating-film insulating layer  106  is not limited to HfSiON and an insulating material can be used. Specific examples of the material include high-dielectric-constant materials such as oxides, oxynitrides, or oxynitride silicides of hafnium (Hf) or zirconium (Zr), in short, high-k materials. The material of the insulating layer  106  is not limited to high-k materials and insulating materials other than high-k materials, such as SiON, are also usable. 
     An aluminum (Al) oxide film with a thickness of, for example, 0.5 nm is then stacked as a first insulating-film cap layer  107  over the insulating layer  106 . The first insulating-film cap layer  107  has a thickness selected from a range of 0.1 nm or greater but not greater than 2 nm. The first insulating-film cap layer  107  is formed over the entire upper surface of the insulating layer  106 , more specifically, both in the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp. 
     As a material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107 , materials containing Al as an element are usable. The first insulating-film cap layer  107  corresponds to a first element layer and Al corresponds to a first element. The material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is not limited to the Al-containing material, but is preferably the Al-containing material. When a material having also a property as a gate insulating film, for example, an Al oxide film, is selected as the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  as in the present embodiment, the first insulating-film cap layer  107  may be formed below the insulating layer  106 , though different from the present embodiment. In this case, the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is formed over the Si substrate  101  prior to the formation of the insulating layer  106 . 
     After the formation of the first insulating-film cap layer  107 , it may be heat treated in an oxygen atmosphere or a nitrogen atmosphere, depending on the using purpose. A gate-electrode metal film  108  is then formed over the entire upper surface of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  by sputtering or the like. The thickness of the gate-electrode metal film  108  is adjusted empirically to fall within a range of from 2 to 30 nm, because the thickness of the gate-electrode metal film  108  cannot be controlled easily when it is set at too small thickness, while when it is set at too large thickness, the material of a second insulating-film cap layer  109  which will be described later cannot be diffused sufficiently. In the present embodiment, a titanium nitride (TiN) film with a thickness of 10 nm is formed as the gate-electrode metal film  108 . 
     The gate-electrode metal film  108  is made of a conductive material and corresponds to an electrode conductive layer. In addition, the gate-electrode metal film  108  corresponds to a first metal film and corresponds to the gate-electrode metal film M in the above-described first to fourth embodiments. The conductive material configuring the gate-electrode metal film  108  is, for example, TiN. The conductive material configuring the gate-electrode metal film  108  is not limited to TIN, but a material containing at least one element selected from the group comprised of titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), Hf, and tungsten (W) (which will hereinafter be called “first material”) can be used. Specific examples include first materials composed of one or more elements selected from Ti, Ta, Hf, and W, and nitrides of the first materials, carbides of the first materials, silicides of the first materials, nitride silicides of the first materials, and carbonitrides of the first materials. One or more materials selected from these materials can be used. 
     As the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , for example, a lanthanum (La) oxide film is deposited over the entire upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film  108 . The thickness of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is selected from a range of 0.1 nm or greater but not greater than 10 nm, more specifically, from a range of 0.5 nm or greater but not greater than 2 nm. Then, a photoresist mask is formed over the entire upper surface of a portion of the resulting second insulating-film cap layer  109  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. With this photoresist mask as a mask, all the portion of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  belonging to the pMOSFET region Rp is removed by wet etching or dry etching. By this step, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the entire surface of only a portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. The photoresist mask is then removed because it becomes unnecessary. 
     For the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , a La-containing material such as La oxide is used. The second insulating-film cap layer  109  corresponds to a second element layer and La corresponds to a second element. The second insulating-film cap layer  109  functions as a first cap layer. For example, it also functions as the n-side cap layer  8 A in the first embodiment. 
     In the present embodiment, the first element contained in the first cap layer  7  is Al as described above so that the first element contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is different from the second element contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . The second element is not limited to La and at least one of the Group II and Group III elements of the periodic table can be used. The Group II elements in the periodic table (which may hereinafter be called “Group II elements”, simply) are previously Group IIA elements and may also be called “alkaline earth metal elements”. Group III elements in the periodic tale (which may hereinafter be called “Group III elements”, simply) are previously Group IIIA elements and may also be called “rare earth elements”. 
     The material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is not limited to the La-containing materials and examples include materials containing at least one rare earth element such as La, dysprosium (Dy), ytterbium (Yb), or erbium (Er) and materials containing at least one alkaline earth metal element such as magnesium (Mg) or strontium (Sr). Specific examples include materials made of a rare earth element, and oxide materials thereof, and materials made of an alkaline earth metal element and oxide materials thereof. One or more materials selected from these materials may also be used as the material for the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . 
       FIG. 27  is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state after completion of the formation of a polycrystalline silicon layer  113  over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and an element-added metal layer  100 . After formation of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  as illustrated in  FIG. 26 , the Si substrate  101  having each layer formed thereover is heat treated, whereby the insulating layer  106  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are heat treated together with the first and the second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109 . This heat treatment causes a reaction between the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  and diffusion of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the gate-electrode metal film  108  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn, that is, the gate-electrode metal film  108  located immediately below the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , whereby an element-added metal layer  110  containing the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , more specifically, the second element contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed in the nMOSFET region Rn as illustrated in  FIG. 27 . In the present embodiment, La, which is the second element contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , is diffused into the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the element-added metal layer  110  containing La is formed. The element-added metal layer  110  corresponds to an element-added conductive layer. The heat treatment of the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109 , the insulating layer  106 , and the gate-electrode metal film  108  corresponds to the first heat treatment. 
     The material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is also diffused into the insulating layer  106  located below the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , that is, into the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. The material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is diffused into the insulating layer  106  located immediately below the first insulating-film cap layer  107 , that is, into the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp. The insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn becomes a first element-added insulating layer  111  as a result of the addition of the materials of the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109 , more specifically, the first element contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and the second element contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . In the present embodiment, since the insulating layer  106  is a HfSiON layer, a HfSiON layer added with Al, that is, the first element contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and La, that is, the second element contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed as the first element-added insulating layer  111 . 
     The element-added metal layer  110  and the first element-added insulating layer  111  can have a desired composition by controlling the thickness of the gate-electrode metal film  108 , the thickness of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , time to carry out heat treatment, and heat treatment conditions such as heat treatment temperature and heat treatment time. 
     The insulating layer  106  belonging to the pMOSFET region Rp becomes a second element-added insulating layer  112  as a result of addition of the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107 , specifically, the first element contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107 . In the present embodiment, the insulating layer  106  is an HfSiON layer so that a HfSiON layer added with Al, that is, the first element contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is formed as the second element-added insulating layer  112 . 
     The gate-electrode metal film  108  belonging to the pMOSFET region Rp does not have, thereover, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  so that diffusion of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the gate-electrode metal film  108  does not occur in the pMOSFET region Rp and the gate-electrode metal film  108  remains as is. This gate-electrode metal film  108 , which has remained, corresponds to an electrode conductive layer. 
     In the present embodiment, the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  disappear by the heat treatment similar to that for the n-side cap layer  8 A, the p-side cap layer  8 B, and the second p-side cap layer  8 C in the first to fourth embodiments. Described specifically, in the present embodiment, the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  are made of a material added in an amount to be diffused. The entirety of the material configuring each of the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  is diffused by heat treatment and integrated with another layer. Thus, the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  themselves disappear. By the disappearance of the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109 , the element-added metal layer  110  is exposed in the nMOSFET region Rn and the element-added metal layer  110  is present immediately above the first element-added insulating layer  111 . In the pMOSFET region Rp, on the other hand, the gate-electrode metal film  108  is formed immediately above the second element-added insulating layer  112 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 27 , a polycrystalline (poly-Si) layer  113  having a thickness within a range of from 30 nm to 120 nm is deposited over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and element-added metal layer  110 . An advantage of forming the poly-Si layer  113  in this step resides in that the conventional CMOSFET formation process can be applied as is to the subsequent steps. 
       FIG. 28  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of the CMOSFET  200 . After formation of the poly-Si layer  113  of  FIG. 27 , processing for the formation of each gate electrode of the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121  is performed by, for example, dry etching. Described specifically, in order to leave a portion of the gate electrode and layers therebelow, the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , and the gate-electrode metal film  108  which will be the gate electrode, and the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , and the interface layer  105  therebelow are etched. 
     In the present embodiment, an n-side gate electrode  114  of the nMOSFET  120  is comprised of the poly-Si layer  113  and the element-added metal layer  110 , while the n-side gate insulating film  116  is comprised of the interface layer  105  and the first element-added insulating layer  111 . Accordingly, the nMOSFET  120  has a gate stack structure made of the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the interface layer  105 , and the p well  103 . 
     A p-side gate electrode  115  of the pMOSFET  121  is comprised of the poly-Si layer  113  and the gate-electrode metal film  108 , while the p-side gate insulating film  117  is comprised of the interface layer  105  and the second element-added insulating layer  112 . Accordingly, the pMOSFET  121  has a gate stack structure made of the poly-Si layer  113 , the gate-electrode metal film  108 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , the interface layer  105 , and the n well  104 . 
     After formation of the n-side gate electrode  114  and the p-side gate electrode  115 , the conventional process flows for CMOSFET formation are conducted successively to form the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 , leading to the formation of the CMOSFET  200 . Described specifically, in the nMOSFET region Rn, a sidewall spacer  118  made of, for example, SiO 2  is formed over both of the side walls of the n-side gate electrode  114  and the n-side gate insulating film. In the pMOSFET region Rp, a sidewall spacer  118  made of, for example, SiO 2  is formed over both of the side walls of the p-side gate electrode  115  and the p-side gate insulating film  117 . The sidewall spacer  118  is formed by forming a SiO 2  film, for example, by chemical vapor deposition (abbreviation: CVD) and then etching back by anisotropic etching. Then, a source/drain region  119  is formed by ion implantation, whereby the CMOSFET  200  is formed. 
     In the CMOSFET  200  of the present embodiment thus formed, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114  of the nMOSFET  120  is from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV, while the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115  of the pMOSFET  121  is from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. The term “effective work function of a gate electrode” as used herein means a work function of a gate electrode at the interface with a gate insulating film and it is discriminated from the “work function” which the material configuring the gate electrode originally has. The effective work function of the gate electrode can be determined from a flat band voltage deducted from the C—V characteristics, that is, capacitance-gate voltage characteristics of a MOS type capacitor in the nMOSFET  120  and pMOSFET  121  thus obtained. 
     According to the present embodiment, the interface layer  105 , the insulating layer  106 , the first insulating-film cap layer  107 , and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are formed successively over the Si substrate  101  in the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp. After formation of the gate-electrode metal film  108 , the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the nMOSFET region Rn. Together with the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109  thus formed, the insulating layer  106  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are heat treated. This heat treatment enables diffusion of the first element, more specifically Al, contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107  into the insulating layer  106  below the first insulating-film cap layer  107 . In addition, it enables diffusion of the second element, more specifically La, contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the gate-electrode metal film  108  below the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and further, into the insulating layer  106  below the gate-electrode metal film  108 . 
     As a result, the insulating layer  106  containing the first and second elements, more specifically, Al and La can be formed in the nMOSFET region Rn, while in the pMOSFET region Rp, the insulating layer  106  containing the first element, more specifically Al can be formed, whereby the threshold voltage of the nMOSFET  120  and the threshold voltage of the pMOSFET  121  can be controlled respectively. Thus, the control range of the threshold voltage can be widened. 
     Further in the present embodiment, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed not over the surface of the insulating layer  106  but over the surface of the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the insulating layer  106  have therebetween the gate-electrode metal film  108  so that etching of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  for leaving it only in the nMOSFET region Rn is performed over the surface of the gate-electrode metal film  108 . In other words, removal of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  belonging to the pMOSFET region Rp by etching is performed not over the insulating layer  106  but over the surface of the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the present embodiment. Damage of the insulating layer  106  due to etching can therefore be prevented so that the deterioration of the insulating layer  106  can be prevented and deterioration of the n-side gate insulating film  116  and the p-side gate insulating film  117  can also be prevented. 
     Since the present embodiment does not require a step of peeling off a gate electrode on one side to separately form the n-side gate insulating film  116  which is a gate insulating film of the nMOSFET region Rn and the p-side gate insulating film  117  which is a gate insulating film of the pMOSFET region Rp, the gate insulating films  116  and  117  are free from deterioration. 
     Both reduction of the reliability of the insulating layer  106  due to the deterioration and reduction of the reliability of the n-side gate insulating film  116  and the p-side gate insulating film  117  can be prevented so that a highly reliable device can be obtained. In short, the present embodiment enables to prevent reduction of the liability of the insulating layer  106  and reduction of the reliability of the n-side gate insulating film  116  and the p-side gate insulating film  117 , and at the same time, widen the control range of a threshold voltage. 
     In the present embodiment, the n-side gate electrode  114  of the nMOSFET  120  is composed of the poly-Si layer  113  and the element-added metal layer  110  and the p-side gate electrode  115  of the pMOSFET  121  is composed of the poly-Si layer  113  and the gate-electrode metal film  108 . Thus, the gate electrodes  114  and  115  of the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121  have, as the upper layer thereof, the poly-Si layer  113  and use the same main material for their lower metal layers, which facilitates processing of the gate electrodes  114  and  115 . Even if the n-side gate electrode  114  and the p-side gate electrode  115  are obtained by simultaneous processing, the n-side and p-side gate electrodes  114  and  115  having desired shapes can therefore be formed. 
     According to the present embodiment, a highly reliable semiconductor device  200  equipped with the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121  have desired properties, respectively, can be manufactured easily. 
     In the present embodiment, the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is made of an Al-containing material such as an Al oxide and contains Al as the first element so that the p-side gate insulating film  117  in the pMOSFET region Rp contains Al. As a result, the threshold voltage can be controlled to that suited for the pMOSFET  121 . Accordingly, the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is preferably made of an Al-containing material as in the present embodiment. 
     In the present embodiment, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is made of a La-containing material such as La oxide. Described specifically, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is made of a material containing a Group III element such as La and contains a Group III element as the second element so that the n-side gate insulating film  116  in the nMOSFET region Rn contains a rare earth element. As a result, the threshold voltage can be controlled to that suited for the nMOSFET  120 . A similar effect can be achieved when a material containing a Group II element as the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the threshold voltage of the nMOSFET  120  can be controlled to that suited therefor. Accordingly, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is preferably composed of a material containing at least one of Group III elements and Group II elements. 
     In the present embodiment, the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is made of an Al-containing material and the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is made of a La-containing material so that the n-side gate insulating film  116  in the nMOSFET region Rn contains both Al and La. The contents of Al and La in the n-side gate insulating film  116  can be controlled by the thicknesses of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and heat treatment conditions so that the threshold voltage of the nMOSFET  120  can be controlled to that particularly suited therefor. 
     In the present embodiment, the gate-electrode metal film  108  is made of any of first materials containing at least one element selected from the group comprised of titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), hafnium (Hf), and tungsten (W), and nitrides of the first materials, carbides of the first materials, silicides of the first materials, nitride silicides of the first materials, and carbonitrides of the first materials. In the gate-electrode metal film  108  made of the above-described material, the above-described material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  can be diffused so that it is possible to prevent the diffusion of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  from being disturbed by the gate-electrode metal film  108 . As a result, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  can be diffused completely in the insulating layer  106  of the nMOSFET region Rn so that the threshold voltage of the nMOSFET  120  can be controlled to that suited therefor. 
     In the present embodiment, the poly-Si layer  113  is formed over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the element-added metal layer  110 . This enables application of the conventional CMOSFET formation process to the subsequent steps as is so that the threshold voltage of each of the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121  can be controlled to that suited therefor without making the manufacturing steps cumbersome. 
     In the present embodiment, the first insulating-film cap layer  107  has a thickness of 0.1 nm or greater but not greater than 2 nm. This enables diffusion of an adequate amount of the first element, that is, Al contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107  into the insulating layer  106  in the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp, whereby the threshold voltage of each of the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121  can be controlled to that suited therefor more reliably. 
     In the present embodiment, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  has a thickness of 0.1 nm or greater but not greater than 10 nm. This enables diffusion of an adequate amount of the second element, that is, La contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the insulating layer  106  in the nMOSFET region Rn, whereby the threshold voltage of the nMOSFET  120  can be controlled to that suited therefor more reliably. 
     In the nMOSFET  120  of the present embodiment thus formed, the first element-added insulating layer  111  configuring the n-side gate insulating film  116  contains Al which is the first element derived from the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and La which is the second element derived from the second insulating-film cap layer  109 ; and the element-added metal layer  110  over the first element-added insulating layer  111  contains La which is the second element derived from the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . In the pMOSFET  121 , the second element-added insulating layer  112  configuring the p-side gate insulating film  117  contains Al which is the first element derived from the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and has, over the second element-added insulating layer  112 , the gate-electrode metal film  108  containing neither Al which is the first element nor La which is the second element. 
     Such a structure enables to achieve the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121  equipped with the gate electrodes  114  and  115  having an effective work function suited for them, respectively. Described specifically, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114  in the nMOSFET  120  can be adjusted to from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV, while the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115  in the pMOSFET  121  can be adjusted to from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. Accordingly, the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121  having suitably adjusted threshold voltages, respectively, can be achieved. 
     Since the first and second element-added insulating layers  111  and  112  can be formed without etching over the gate-insulating-film insulating layer  106  which will be the first and second element-added insulating layers  111  and  112 , deterioration in the manufacturing procedure can be prevented and reduction in reliability can be prevented. The semiconductor device  200  which is equipped with the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121  having desired properties, respectively, and at the same time, is highly reliable can be achieved. 
     In the present embodiment as described above, the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is formed over the insulating layer  106 . When, as in the present embodiment, the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  has a property as a gate insulating film, for example, an Al oxide, it may be inserted between the Si substrate  101  and the insulating layer  106 . In this case, the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is diffused by heat treatment into the insulating layer  106  above the first insulating-film cap layer  107 . 
     The heat treatment step for diffusing elements contained in the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  may be integrated with another manufacturing step. Described specifically, the elements contained in the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  may be diffused by making use of heat applied upon formation of the polycrystalline silicon layer  113  or diffused in a step after formation of the polycrystalline silicon layer  113 , for example, an activation annealing step. The heat diffusion step can then be omitted. When heat treatment is conducted after formation of the polycrystalline silicon layer  113  prior to heat diffusion, however, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  may be diffused excessively into the polycrystalline silicon layer  113  but not diffused into the gate electrode metal layer  8 , though depending on the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . It is therefore preferred to carry out the heat treatment step prior to the formation of the polycrystalline silicon layer  113  as in the present embodiment. 
     Sixth Embodiment 
     A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a sixth embodiment of the invention will next be described.  FIGS. 29 to 33  are cross-sectional views illustrating the state of each step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the sixth embodiment of the invention. In the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, a CMOSFET  210  is formed as the semiconductor device.  FIG. 29  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of the semiconductor device after completion of the formation of a protective layer  130 .  FIGS. 29 to 33  omit therefrom the p type semiconductor layer  2  illustrated above in  FIGS. 1 to 25  to facilitate understanding. 
     As in the above-described fifth embodiment, after successive formation of an interface layer  105 , an insulating layer  106 , a first insulating-film cap layer  107 , and a gate-electrode metal film  108  over the entire surface of a Si substrate  101  from the surface side on which an element isolation film  102 , a p well  103 , and an n well  104  have been formed, a second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the entire upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film  108 . In the present embodiment, a material containing a rare earth element such as La oxide (which will hereinafter be called “rare earth material”) is used as the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . When the second insulating-film cap layer  109  contains a rare earth material having a deliquescent property, there is a fear of deterioration of the second insulating-film cap layer due to contact with water or atmosphere. 
     In the present embodiment, in order to prevent deterioration of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , a titanium nitride (TiN) film is formed as a protective layer  130  over the entire upper surface of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  after deposition of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . In order to prevent deterioration of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  more completely, it is desired to form the protective layer  130  successively after deposition of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  by using, for example, atomic layer chemical vapor deposition (abbreviation: ALCVD) without exposing the second insulating-film cap layer to the atmosphere. However, the formation step of the protective layer is not limited to it. 
     The protective layer  130  may be made of a material same or different from that of the gate-electrode metal film  108 . In the present embodiment, the protective layer  130  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are made of the same material, more specifically, TiN. Specific examples of the material of the protective layer  130  include, in addition to TIN, first materials containing at least one element selected from Ti, Ta, Hf, and tungsten (W), nitrides of the first materials, carbides of the first materials, silicides of the first materials, nitride silicides of the first materials, and carbonitrides of the first materials. In addition, the material of the protective layer  130  may be silicon (Si) or an insulating material. One or more materials selected from the above materials are usable. 
       FIG. 30  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state at the stage of removal of the protective layer  130  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109  from the pMOSFET region Rp. After formation of the protective layer  130 , patterning is conducted to leave only the protective layer  130  of the nMOSFET region Rn by photolithography. With the remaining protective layer  130  in the nMOSFET region Rn as a mask, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is removed from the pMOSFET region Rp by dry etching. The protective layer  130  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109  in the pMOSFET region Rp may be removed simultaneously by wet etching. 
       FIG. 31  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of a poly-Si layer  113  over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and an element-added protective layer  131 . After removal of the protective layer  130  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109  from the pMOSFET region Rp, heat treatment is conducted to react the second insulating-film cap layer  109  with the gate-electrode metal film  108  and diffuse the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the gate-electrode metal film  108  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn, in other words, the gate-electrode metal film  108  located immediately below the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . As a result, in the nMOSFET region Rn, an element-added metal layer  110  obtained by adding the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  to the gate-electrode metal film  108  is formed as illustrated in  FIG. 31 . In the present embodiment, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , La, is diffused into the gate-electrode metal film  108  to form the La-added metal layer  110 . 
     Further, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  reacts also with the protective layer  130 . By the reaction, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is diffused into the protective layer  130  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. As illustrated in  FIG. 31 , an element-added protective layer  131 , which is obtained by adding the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  to the protective layer  130 , is formed in the nMOSFET region Rn. In the present embodiment, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , La, is diffused into the protective layer  130  to form the La-added protective layer  131 . In the present embodiment, the protective layer  130  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are made of the same material, more specifically, a conductive material such as TiN so that the element-added protective layer  131  has conductivity and it corresponds to another element-added conductive layer. 
     Moreover, as in the fifth embodiment, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is also diffused into the insulating layer  106  located below the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , that is, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. On the other hand, the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is diffused into the insulating layer  106  located immediately below the first insulating-film cap layer  107 , that is, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp. By the above-described diffusion, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn becomes a first element-added insulating layer  111  by the addition the materials of the first and the second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109 . In the present embodiment, since the insulating layer  106  is made of HfSiON, a HfSiON layer added with Al, which is the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107 , and La, which is the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , is formed as the first element-added insulating layer  111 . 
     The element-added protective layer  131 , the element-added metal layer  110 , and the first element-added insulating layer  111  can each have a desired composition by controlling the thickness of the gate-electrode metal film  108 , the thickness of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , time to carry out heat treatment, and heat treatment conditions such as heat treatment temperature and heat treatment time. 
     As in the fifth embodiment, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the pMOSFET region Rp becomes a second element-added insulating layer  112  by the addition of the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107 . In the present embodiment, since the insulating layer  106  is a HfSiON layer, the second element-added insulating layer  112  is formed as a HfSiON layer containing Al, which is the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107 . 
     Also in the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, the first and the second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  are made of a material added in an amount to be diffused so that they disappear by heat treatment. In the nMOSFET region Rn, the element-added protective layer  131  is formed immediately above the element-added metal layer  110  and the element-added metal layer  110  is formed immediately above the first element-added insulating layer  111 . In the present embodiment, the protective layer  130  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are made of the same material so that the element-added protective layer  131  and the element-added metal layer  110  are integrated into one and configure one layer. In the pMOSFET region Rp, as in the fifth embodiment, the gate-electrode metal film  108  is formed immediately above the second element-added insulating layer  112 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 31 , a poly-Si layer  113  is deposited over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the element-added protective layer  131  to give a thickness of from 30 to 120 nm. In the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, a heat treatment step is performed desirably prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113 . 
       FIG. 32  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state of the CMOSFET  210  after completion of its formation. After formation of the poly-Si layer  113  of  FIG. 31 , similar to the fifth embodiment, processing for the formation of each gate electrode of a nMOSFET  120 A and a pMOSFET  121  is performed using dry etching or the like. Described specifically, in order to leave a portion of the gate electrode and layers therebelow, the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added protective layer  131 , the element-added metal layer  110 , and the gate-electrode metal film  108  which will be the gate electrode and the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , and the interface layer  105  therebelow are etched. 
     In the present embodiment, an n-side gate electrode  114 A of the nMOSFET  120 A is composed of the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added protective layer  131 , and the element-added metal layer  110 , while an n-side gate insulating film  116  is composed of the interface layer  105  and the first element-added insulating layer  111 . The nMOSFET  120 A has therefore a gate stack structure having the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added protective layer  131 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the interface layer  105 , and the p well  103 . The pMOSFET  121  has, on the other hand, a gate stack structure similar to that of the fifth embodiment and having the poly-Si layer  113 , the gate-electrode metal film  108 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , the interface layer  105 , and the n well  104 . 
     After formation of the n-side gate electrode  114 A and the p-side gate electrode  115 , the conventional process flows of CMOSFET formation are performed successively as in the fifth embodiment to form the nMOSFET  120 A and the pMOSFET  121 , thereby forming the CMOSFET  210 . Described specifically, in the nMOSFET region Rn, sidewall spacers  118  made of, for example, SiO 2  are formed over each of the side walls of the n-side gate electrode  114 A and the n-side gate insulating film  116 . In the pMOSFET region Rp, sidewall spacers  118  made of, for example, SiO 2  are formed over each of the side walls of the p-side gate electrode  115  and the p-side gate insulating film  117 . Ion implantation or the like is then performed to form a source/drain region  119 , whereby the CMOSFET  210  is formed. 
     In the CMOSFET  210  of the present embodiment thus formed, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114 A of the nMOSFET  120 A is from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV and the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115  of the pMOSFET  121  is from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. The effective work function of the gate electrode can be determined from a flat band voltage deduced from the C—V characteristics, that is, capacitance-gate voltage characteristics of a MOS type capacitor in the nMOSFET  120 A and pMOSFET  121  thus obtained. 
     In the present embodiment, the protective layer  130  formed over the second insulating-film cap layer  109  can prevent deterioration of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  which will otherwise occur by the lithography for removing only the second insulating-film cap layer  109  from the pMOSFET region Rp. The heat treatment conducted thereafter can therefore diffuse the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the insulating layer  106  more reliably, making it possible to control the threshold voltage of the nMOSFET  120 A to a desired value more reliably. 
     In the nMOSFET  120 A of the present embodiment thus obtained, the first element-added insulating layer  111  contains Al, which is the first element, and La, which is the second element; the element-added metal layer  110  on the first element-added insulating layer  111  contains La, which is the second element; and the element-added protective layer  131  on the element-added metal layer  110  contains La, which is the second element derived from the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . In the pMOSFET  121 , on the other hand, the second element-added insulating layer  112  contains Al, which is the first element, and the second element-added insulating layer  112  has thereon the gate-electrode metal film  108  containing neither Al, the first element, nor La, the second element. 
     Such a structure enables to achieve the nMOSFET  120 A and the pMOSFET  121  equipped with the gate electrodes  114 A and  115 , respectively, having an effective work function suited therefor. More specifically, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114 A in the nMOSFET  120 A can be adjusted to fall within a range of from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV and the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115  can be adjusted to fall within a range of from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. Thus, the nMOSFET  120 A and the pMOSFET  121  having threshold voltages suited therefor, respectively, can be achieved. 
     In the above-described embodiment, the protective layer  130  is made of TiN which is a metal material so that removal of the element-added protective layer  131  prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113  is not necessary. When the protective layer  130  is made of a conductive material such as metal or impurity-added silicon, removal of the element-added protective layer  131  prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113  is not necessary. When the protective layer  130  is made of an insulating material, on the other hand, the element-added protective layer  131  must be removed prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113 . In this case, the n-side gate electrode of the nMOSFET is composed of the poly-Si layer  113  and the element-added metal layer  110  and the nMOSFET has a gate stack structure having the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the interface layer  105 , and the p well  103 . 
     In the present embodiment, the protective layer  130  is made of a material permitting diffusion thereinto of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , more specifically, a material similar to that of the gate-electrode metal film  108 . The material is not limited to it and the protective layer  130  may be made of a material not permitting diffusion thereinto of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  or a material permitting diffusion of it but with difficulty. 
       FIG. 33  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of the poly-Si layer  113  over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the protective layer  130 . As illustrated in  FIG. 29 , when the protective layer  130  formed on the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is made of a material not permitting diffusion of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  or a material permitting diffusion but with difficulty, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is not diffused into the protective layer  130  in the heat diffusion step, different from  FIG. 31  in which the element-added protective layer  131  is formed by the diffusion of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the protective layer  130  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. The protective layer  131  therefore remains as is. The material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is diffused, similar to  FIG. 31 , into the gate-electrode metal film  108  located immediately below the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the element-added metal layer  110  is formed by adding the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  to the gate-electrode metal film  108 . In  FIG. 33 , La which is a material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is diffused into the gate-electrode metal film  108  to form a La-added added metal layer  110 . 
     When the protective layer  130  is made of a conductive material such as metal or impurity-added silicon, the poly-Si layer  113  is deposited, as in the fifth embodiment, over the protective layer  130  remaining in the nMOSFET region Rn and over the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the pMOSFET region Rp after heat diffusion. Then, processing for forming a gate electrode is performed to form, as the n-side gate electrode in the nMOSFET region Rn, a gate electrode composed of the poly-Si layer  113 , the protective layer  130 , and the element-added metal layer  110 . The nMOSFET therefore has a gate stack structure having the poly-Si layer  113 , the protective layer  130 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the interface layer  105 , and the p well  103 . In this case, the protective layer  130  has conductivity, is made of a material different from that of the element-added metal layer  110 , and corresponds to an upper conductive layer. 
     When the protective layer  130  is made of an insulating material, on the other hand, the element-added protective layer  131  is removed prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113 . IN this case, the n-side gate electrode of the nMOSFET is composed of the poly-Si layer  113  and the element-added metal layer  110  and the nMOSFET has a gate stack structure having the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the interface layer  105 , and the p well  103 . 
     Seventh Embodiment 
     A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a seventh embodiment of the invention will next be described.  FIGS. 34 to 37  are cross-sectional views illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the seventh embodiment of the invention. Also in this embodiment, similar to the fifth embodiment, a CMOSFET  220  is manufactured as a semiconductor device.  FIG. 34  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of a diffusion preventing layer  140 .  FIGS. 34 to 37  omit therefrom the p-type semiconductor device  2  illustrated in  FIGS. 1 to 25  to facilitate understanding. 
     In the present embodiment, similar to the fifth embodiment, an interface layer  105 , an insulating layer  106 , a first insulating-film cap layer  107 , and a gate-electrode metal film  108  are formed successively over the entire surface of the Si substrate  101  from the surface side on which an element isolation film  102 , a p well  103 , and a p well  104  are formed. Then, a diffusion preventing layer  140  is formed over the entire upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film  108 . The diffusion preventing layer  140  has a function of suppressing or preventing diffusion of the material of a second insulating-film cap layer  109 , which will be deposited later, into the gate-electrode metal film  108 . The diffusion preventing layer  140  is made of a material equal to that of the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the present embodiment. After formation of the diffusion preventing layer  140 , the diffusion preventing layer  140  is etched from the nMOSFET region Rn while leaving the diffusion preventing layer  140  in the pMOSFET region Rp. 
       FIG. 35  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . After removal of the diffusion preventing layer  140  from the nMOSFET region Rn, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the nMOSFET region Rn and the diffusion preventing layer  140  in the pMOSFET region Rp. With regards to the relationship between the distance between the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the first insulating-film cap layer  107  in the nMOSFET region Rn and the distance between the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the first insulating-film cap layer  107  in the pMOSFET region Rp, that is, the relationship between the thickness of the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the nMOSFET region Rn and the total thickness of the diffusion preventing layer  140  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the pMOSFET region Rp, the thickness on the pMOSFET region Rp, that is, on the great-thickness side is adjusted to 20 nm and that on the nMOSFET region Rn, that is, on the small-thickness side is adjusted to 10 nm. 
       FIG. 36  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of a poly-Si layer  113  over an element-added metal layer  110  and also over an element-free metal layer  142  and an element-added metal layer  141 . After formation of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , the Si substrate  101  having each layer formed thereover is heat treated, thereby heat treating the insulating layer  106 , the gate-electrode metal film  108 , and the diffusion preventing layer  140  together with the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109 . By this heat treatment, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is reacted with the gate-electrode metal film  108  to diffuse the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the gate-electrode metal film  108  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. As a result of adding the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  to the gate-electrode metal film  108 , the element-added metal layer  110  is formed in the nMOSFET region Rn as illustrated in  FIG. 36 . In the present embodiment, the La-added metal layer  110  is formed by the diffusion of La which is the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the gate-electrode metal film  108 . 
     Further, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is, similar to the fifth embodiment, diffused into the insulating layer  106  located below the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , that is, into the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. In addition, the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is diffused into the insulating layer  106  located immediately below the first insulating-film cap layer  107 , that is, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp. By the diffusion, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn becomes a first element-added insulating layer  111  as a result of the addition of the materials of the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109 . In the present embodiment, since the insulating layer  106  is a HfSiON layer, a HfSiON layer containing Al and La, the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , respectively, is formed as the first element-added insulating layer  111 . 
     In the pMOSFET region Rp, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is diffused into the diffusion preventing layer  140  belonging to the pMOSFET region Rp and moreover, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is diffused into a portion, on the side of the diffusion preventing layer  140 , of the gate-electrode metal film  108  located immediately below the diffusion preventing layer  140 . By the diffusion, La which is the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is added to the diffusion preventing layer  140  and a portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108  to form the element-added metal layer  141  in the pMOSFET region Rp as illustrated in  FIG. 36 . On the other hand, the other portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108  which has remained free from the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  becomes the element-free metal layer  142 , a layer not containing the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . 
     The element-free metal layer  142  corresponds to an electrode conductive layer. A portion of the element-added metal layer  141  obtained by adding the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  to a portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108  corresponds to a second element-added conductive layer. A portion obtained by adding the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  to the diffusion preventing layer  140  corresponds to another second element-added conductive layer. In the present embodiment, the diffusion preventing layer  140  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are made of the same material so that the diffusion preventing layer  140  and a portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108  are integrated into the above-described element-added metal layer  141 . 
     The insulating layer  106  belonging to the pMOSFET region Rp becomes a second element-added insulating layer as in the fifth embodiment  112  as a result of the addition of the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107 . In the present embodiment, since the insulating layer  106  is a HfSiON layer, a HfSiON layer containing Al, the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is formed as the second element-added insulating layer  112 . 
     Also in the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  are each made of a material added in an amount to be diffused, they disappear by the heat treatment. In the nMOSFET region Rn, the element-added metal layer  110  is therefore exposed and the element-added metal layer  110  is placed immediately above the first element-added insulating layer  111  as in the fifth embodiment. In the pMOSFET region Rp, the element-free metal layer  142  is present immediately above the second element-added insulating layer  112 . In the present embodiment, the diffusion preventing layer  140  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are made of the same material so that in the pMOSFET region Rp, the diffusion preventing layer  140  and a portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108  are integrated into the above-described element-added metal layer  141 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 36 , a poly-Si layer  113  is deposited to give a thickness within a range of from 30 to 120 nm over the element-added metal layer  110  and the element-added metal layer  141 . In the present embodiment as in the fifth embodiment, a heat treatment step is preferably performed prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113 . 
       FIG. 37  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of the CMOSFET  220 . After formation of the poly-Si layer  113  in  FIG. 36 , processing is performed as in the fifth embodiment to form each gate electrode of an nMOSFET  120  and a pMOSFET  121 A by dry etching or the like. Described specifically, in order to leave a portion of the gate electrode and layers therebelow, the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the element-added metal layer  141 , and the element-free metal layer  142  which will be the gate electrode and the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , and the interface layer  105  therebelow are etched. 
     In the present embodiment, the nMOSFET  120  has, as in the fifth embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 28 , a gate stack structure having the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the interface layer  105 , and the p well  103 . 
     In the pMOSFET  121 A, a p-side gate electrode  115 A has the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  141 , and the element-free metal layer  142 , while the p-side gate insulating film  117  has, similar to that of the fifth embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 28 , the interface layer  105  and the second element-added insulating layer  112 . Accordingly, the pMOSFET  121 A has a gate stack structure having the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  141 , the element-free metal layer  142 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , the interface layer  105 , and the n well  104 . 
     After formation of the n-side gate electrode  114  and the p-side gate electrode  115 A, the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 A are formed by following the conventional process flows of CMOSFET formation successively, thereby forming the CMOSFET  220 . Described specifically, in the nMOSFET region Rn, a sidewall spacer  118  made of, for example, SiO 2  is formed over both of the side walls of the n-side gate electrode  114  and the n-side gate insulating film  116 . In the pMOSFET region Rp, a sidewall spacer  118  made of for example, SiO 2  is formed over both of the side walls of each of the p-side gate electrode  115 A and the p-side gate insulating film  117 . Ion implantation or the like is then performed to form a source/drain region  119 , whereby the CMOSFET  220  is formed. 
     In the CMOSFET  220  of the present embodiment formed in such a manner, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114  of the nMOSFET  120  is from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV, while the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115 A of the pMOSFET  121 A is from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. The effective work function of the gate electrode can be determined from a flat band voltage deducted from the C—V characteristics, that is, capacitance-gate voltage characteristics of a MOS type capacitor in the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 A thus obtained. 
     According to the present embodiment, the interface layer  105  and the insulating layer  106  are formed successively over the Si substrate  101  in the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp and over this insulating layer  106 , the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are formed successively. The diffusion preventing layer  140  is formed over a portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the pMOSFET region Rp and over this diffusion preventing layer  140  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the nMOSFET region Rn, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed. Together with the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109  thus formed, the insulating layer  106 , the gate-electrode metal film  108 , and the diffusion preventing layer  140  are heat treated. By this heat treatment, Al contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107  can be diffused into the insulating layer  106  below the first insulating-film cap layer  107 . In the nMOSFET region Rn, La contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109  can be diffused into the gate-electrode metal film  108  below the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and also into the insulating layer  106  below the gate-electrode metal film  108 . 
     In the pMOSFET region Rp, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the diffusion preventing layer  140  so that diffusion of La into the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the insulating layer  106  can be suppressed or prevented by the diffusion preventing layer  140 . This enables to form the insulating layer  106  containing Al and La in the nMOSFET region Rn and the insulating layer  106  containing Al in the pMOSFET region Rp so that the threshold voltage of the nMOSFET  120  and the threshold voltage of the pMOSFET  121 A can be controlled. As a result, the control range of the threshold voltage can be widened. 
     The second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the insulating layer  106  have the gate-electrode metal film  108  therebetween so that when for the formation of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  in the nMOSFET region Rn, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed both in the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp and then, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is removed from the pMOSFET region Rp, deterioration of the insulating layer  106  can be prevented. This enables to prevent reduction in the reliability of the insulating layer  106  due to the deterioration and reduction in the reliability of the n-side gate insulating film  116  and the p-side gate insulating film  117 . As a result, reduction in the reliability of the insulating layer  106  and in addition, reduction in the reliability of the n-side gate insulating film  116  and p-side gate insulating film  117  can be prevented and at the same time, the control range of the threshold voltage can be widened. 
     Thus, the present embodiment facilitates manufacture of the semiconductor device  220  which is equipped with the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 A having desired properties, respectively and at the same time, is highly reliable. 
     In the nMOSFET  120  formed in such a manner, the first element-added insulating layer  111  contains Al and La, which are respectively the first element and second element, and the element-added metal layer  110  over the first element-added insulating layer  111  contains La, which is the second element. In the pMOSFET  121 A, on the other hand, the second element-added insulating layer  112  contains Al, which is the first element; the second-element-added insulating layer  112  has, thereover, the element-free metal layer  142  containing neither Al, the first element, nor La, the second element; and the second element-added conductive layer over the element-free metal layer  142  and the element-added metal layer  141  which is another second element-added conductive layer contain La which is the second element. 
     In such a manner, the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 A equipped with the gate electrodes  114  and  115 A having effective work functions suited therefor, respectively, can be achieved. Described specifically, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114  of the nMOSFET  120  can be adjusted to from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV, while the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115 A of the pMOSFET  121 A can be adjusted to from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. Thus, the nMOSFET  120 A and the pMOSFET  121 A having threshold voltages suited therefor, respectively, can be achieved. 
     Further, the first and second element-added insulating layers  111  and  112  can be formed without etching over the gate-insulating-film insulating layer  106  which will be the first and second element-added insulating layers  111  and  112  so that deterioration during the manufacturing procedure can be prevented and reduction in the reliability can be prevented. It is therefore possible to achieve the semiconductor device  220  which is equipped with the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 A having desired properties, respectively. 
     Eighth Embodiment 
     A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention will next be described.  FIGS. 38 to 41  are cross-sectional views illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the eighth embodiment of the invention. In the present embodiment as in the fifth embodiment, a CMOSFET  230  is manufactured as the semiconductor device.  FIG. 38  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after removal of a portion of a first insulating-film cap layer  107  in the nMOSFET region Rn.  FIGS. 38 to 41  omit therefrom the p type semiconductor layer  2  illustrated above in  FIGS. 1 to 25  to facilitate understanding. 
     In the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, an interface layer  105 , an insulating layer  106 , a first insulating-film cap layer, and a gate-electrode metal film  108 A are formed successively over the entire surface of a Si substrate  101  from the surface side on which an element isolation film  102 , a p well  103 , and n well  104  have been formed. Then, a portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108 A in the nMOSFET region Rn is removed by etch back or the like in the thickness direction. 
       FIG. 39  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of a second insulating-film cap layer  109 . After removal of a portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108 A in the nMOSFET region Rn, a second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the gate-electrode metal film  108 A in the nMOSFET region Rn and pMOSFET region Rp. 
       FIG. 40  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of a poly-Si layer  113  over an element-added metal layer  110  in the nMOSFET region Rn and pMOSFET region Rp. After formation of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , heat treatment is performed to cause a reaction between the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the gate-electrode metal film  108 A to diffuse the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the gate-electrode metal film  108 A belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. As a result, an element-added metal layer  110  obtained by adding the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  to the gate-electrode metal film  108 A is formed in the nMOSFET region Rn as illustrated in  FIG. 40 . In the present embodiment, La, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is diffused into the gate electrode metal film  108 A to form the element-added metal layer  110  containing La as the element. The element-added metal layer  110  corresponds to a first element-added metal layer. 
     As in the fifth embodiment, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is diffused into the insulating layer  106  located below the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , that is, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. In addition, the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is diffused into the insulating layer  106  located immediately below the first insulating-film cap layer  107 , that is, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp. By the above-described diffusion, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region becomes a first element-added insulating layer  111  as a result of the addition of the materials of the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109 . In the present embodiment, the insulating layer  106  is a HfSiON layer so that a HfSiON layer containing Al and La, the materials of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , respectively, is formed as the first element-added insulating layer  111 . 
     In the pMOSFET region Rp, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is diffused into a portion, on the side of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , of the gate-electrode metal film  108 A located immediately below the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . By this diffusion, the element-added metal layer  110  obtained by adding La, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , to a portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108 A is formed in the pMOSFET region Rp as illustrated in  FIG. 40 . The other portion of the gate-electrode metal film  108  which has remained free from the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  becomes an element-free metal layer  142  which does not contain the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . The element-added metal layer  110  corresponds to a second element-added conductive layer and the element-free metal layer  142  corresponds to an electrode conductive layer. 
     The insulating layer  106  belonging to the pMOSFET region Rp becomes a second element-added insulating layer  112  by the addition of the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  as in the fifth embodiment. In the present embodiment, the insulating layer  106  is a HfSiON layer so that a HfSiON layer containing Al which is the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is formed as the second element-added insulating layer  112 . 
     Also in the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, the first and the second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  are formed of the materials added in an amount to be diffused so that they disappear by the heat treatment. As a result, in the nMOSFET region Rn, the element-added metal layer  110  is exposed and the element-added metal layer  110  is formed immediately above the first element-added insulating layer  111 . In the pMOSFET region Rp, the element-added metal layer  110  is exposed and the element-free metal layer  142  is formed immediately above the second element-added insulating layer  112 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 40 , a poly-Si layer  113  is deposited over the element-added metal layer  110  in the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp to give a thickness within a range of from 30 nm to 120 nm. In the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, a heat treatment step is preferably performed prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113 . 
       FIG. 41  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of the CMOSFET  230 . After formation of the poly-Si layer  113  in  FIG. 40 , dry etching or the like is conducted as in the fifth embodiment to form each gate electrode of the nMOSFET  120  and pMOSFET  121 B. Described specifically, in order to leave a portion of the gate electrode and layers therebelow, the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the element-free metal layer  142  configuring the gate electrode and the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , and the interface layer  105  therebelow are etched. 
     In the present embodiment, the nMOSFET  120  has a gate stack structure having, as in the fifth embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 28 , the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the interface layer  105 , and the p well  103 . 
     In the pMOSFET  121 B, a p-side gate electrode  115 B is made of the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , and the element-free metal layer  142 , while a p-side gate insulating film  117  is similar to that of the fifth embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 28  and composed of the interface layer  105  and the second element-added insulating layer  112 . Accordingly, the pMOSFET  121 B has a gate stack structure having the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the element-free metal layer  142 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , the interface layer  105 , and the n well  104 . 
     After formation of the n-side gate electrode  114  and the p-side gate electrode  115 B, the conventional process flows for CMOSFET formation are conducted successively as in the fifth embodiment to form the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 B, thereby forming the CMOSFET  230 . Described specifically, in the nMOSFET region Rn, a sidewall spacer  118  made of, for example, SiO 2  is formed over both of the side walls of each of the n-side gate electrode  114  and the n-side gate insulating film  116 . In the pMOSFET region Rp, a sidewall spacer  118  made of, for example, SiO 2  is formed over both of the side walls of each of the p-side gate electrode  115 B and the p-side gate insulating film  117 . Then, a source/drain region  119  is formed by ion implantation, whereby the CMOSFET  230  is formed. 
     In the CMOSFET  230  of the present embodiment formed in such a manner, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114  of the nMOSFET  120  is from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV, while the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115 B of the pMOSFET  121 B is from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. The effective work function of the gate electrode can be determined from a flat band voltage deducted from the C—V characteristics, that is, capacitance-gate voltage characteristics of a MOS type capacitor in the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 B. 
     According to the present embodiment, the interface layer  105  and the insulating layer  106  are formed successively over the Si substrate  101  in the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp and over this insulating layer  106 , the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are formed successively. The thickness of the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the pMOSFET region Rp is greater than that in the nMOSFET region Rn. The second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the gate-electrode metal film  108  in both the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp. Together with the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109  thus formed, the insulating layer  106  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are heat treated. By this heat treatment, the first element, more specifically, Al contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107  can be diffused into the insulating layer  106  below the first insulating-film cap layer  107 . In addition, the second element, more specifically, La contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109  can be diffused into the gate-electrode metal film  108  below the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and also into the insulating layer  106  below the gate-electrode metal film  108 . 
     The thickness of the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the pMOSFET region Rp is greater than that in the nMOSFET region Rn so that diffusion of La into the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the insulating layer  106  can be suppressed more in the pMOSFET region Rp than in the nMOSFET region Rn. For example, diffusion can be controlled so as to diffuse La into the insulating layer  106  in the pMOSFET region Rp, while preventing diffusion into the insulating layer  106  in the nMOSFET region Rn. As a result, the insulating layer  106  in the nMOSFET region Rn contains Al and La and the insulating layer  106  in the pMOSFET region Rp contains Al. This makes it possible to control the threshold voltage of the nMOSFET  120  and the threshold voltage of the pMOSFET  121 B, respectively and thereby widen the control range of the threshold voltage. 
     The second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the gate-electrode metal film  108 . The second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the insulating layer  106  have therebetween the gate-electrode metal film  108  so that deterioration in the insulating layer  106  when the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed can be prevented. This enables to prevent reduction in the reliability of the insulating layer  106  due to deterioration. Accordingly, reduction in the reliability of the insulating layer  106  can be prevented and at the same time, the control range of the threshold voltage can be widened. 
     Thus, the present embodiment facilitates the manufacture of the semiconductor device  230  which is equipped with the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 B having desired properties, respectively and at the same time, is highly reliable. 
     In the nMOSFET  120  of the present embodiment formed in such a manner, the first element-added insulating layer  111  contains Al, the first element, and La, the second element; and the element-added metal layer  110  on the first element-added insulating layer  111  contains La, the second element. In the pMOSFET  121 B, the second element-added insulating layer  112  contains Al, the first element; the second element-added insulating layer  112  has thereover the element-free metal layer  142  containing neither Al, the first element, nor La, the second element; and the element-added metal layer  110  over the element-free metal layer  142  contains La, the second element. 
     This makes it possible to achieve the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 B equipped with the gate electrodes  114  and  115 B having the effective work functions suited therefor, respectively. Described specifically, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114  of the nMOSFET  120  is from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV, while the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115 B of the pMOSFET  121 B is from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. It is therefore possible to achieve the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 B having threshold voltages suited therefor, respectively. 
     Since the first and second element-added insulating layers  111  and  112  can be formed without etching over the gate-insulating-film insulating layer  106  which will be the first and second element-added insulating layers  111  and  112 , deterioration in the manufacturing procedure can be prevented and reduction in the reliability is prevented. Accordingly, the semiconductor device  230  which is equipped with the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 B having desired properties respectively and at the same time is highly reliable can be achieved. 
     Ninth Embodiment 
     A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a ninth embodiment of the invention will next be described.  FIGS. 42 to 46  are cross-sectional views illustrating the state of each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the ninth embodiment of the invention. In the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, a CMOSFET  240  is manufactured as a semiconductor device.  FIG. 42  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of a diffusion preventing layer  140 A.  FIGS. 42 to 46  omit therefrom the p type semiconductor layer  2  illustrated above in  FIGS. 1 to 25  to facilitate understanding. 
     In the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, an interface layer  105 , an insulating layer  106 , a first insulating-film cap layer  107 , and a gate-electrode metal film  108  are formed successively over the entire upper surface of a Si substrate  101  from the surface side on which an element isolation film  102 , a p well  103 , and a p well  104  have been formed. Then, the diffusion preventing layer  140 A is formed over the entire upper surface of the gate-electrode metal film  108 . The diffusion preventing layer  140 A has a function of preventing diffusion of the material of a second insulating-film cap layer  109 , which will be deposited later, into the gate-electrode metal film  108 . The diffusion preventing layer  140 A is formed so as to prevent diffusion of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . 
     In the present embodiment, the material of the diffusion preventing layer  140 A is different from that of the gate-electrode metal film  108 . Whether or not the diffusion preventing layer  140 A permits diffusion of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  varies, depending on not only an element configuring the material of the diffusion preventing layer  140 A but also formation conditions of the diffusion preventing layer  140 A. Accordingly, the term “the material of the diffusion preventing layer  140 A is different from that of the gate-electrode metal film  108 ” embraces not only the case where the diffusion preventing layer and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are different in the element configuring the material but also the case where film formation conditions are different and therefore properties of the layers are different, though they are the same in the element configuring the material. In the present embodiment, the diffusion preventing layer  140 A is made of TiN. After formation of the diffusion preventing layer  140 A, etching is performed to remove the diffusion preventing layer  140 A in the nMOSFET region Rn while leaving only the diffusion preventing layer  140 A in the pMOSFET region Rp. 
       FIG. 43  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . After removal of the diffusion preventing layer  140 A in the nMOSFET region Rn, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the nMOSFET region Rn and the diffusion preventing layer  140 A in the pMOSFET region Rp. 
       FIG. 44  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state when the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is removed from the pMOSFET region Rp. After formation of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , heat treatment is performed to cause a reaction between the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  to diffuse the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  into the gate-electrode metal film  108  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. As a result, an element-added metal layer  110  obtained by adding the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  to the gate-electrode metal film  108  is formed in the nMOSFET region Rn as illustrated in  FIG. 44 . In the present embodiment, La, which is the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is diffused into the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the element metal layer  110  containing La as the element is formed. 
     The material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is diffused, as in the fifth embodiment, into the insulating layer  106  located below the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , that is, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn. The material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is diffused into the insulating layer  106  located immediately below the first insulating-film cap layer  107 , that is, the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp, whereby the insulating layer  106  belonging to the nMOSFET region Rn becomes a first element-added insulating layer  111  by the addition of the materials of the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109 . In the present embodiment, since the insulating layer  106  is a HfSiON layer, a HfSiON layer containing Al and La, the materials of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and the second insulating-film cap layer  109 , respectively, are formed as the first element-added insulating layer  111 . 
     In the pMOSFET region Rp, on the other hand, no reaction occurs between the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  and the diffusion preventing layer  140 A so that the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is not diffused into the diffusion preventing layer  140 A belonging to the pMOSFET region Rp. As a result, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is not diffused into the gate-electrode metal film  108  in the pMOSFET region Rp. In the pMOSFET region Rp, the diffusion preventing layer  140 A and the gate-electrode metal film  108  remain as are even after heat treatment as illustrated in  FIG. 44 . The remaining gate-electrode metal film  108  corresponds to an electrode conductive layer. The diffusion preventing layer  140 A is made of a material different from that of the gate-electrode metal film  108  and corresponds to an upper conductive layer. 
     The insulating layer  106  belonging to the pMOSFET region Rp becomes, as in the fifth embodiment, a second element-added insulating layer  112  by the addition of the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107 . In the present embodiment, the insulating layer  106  is a HfSiON layer so that a HfSiON layer containing Al which is the material of the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is formed as the second element-added insulating layer  112 . 
     In the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  are formed of materials added in an amount to be diffused so that the first insulating-film cap layer  107  disappears by heat treatment. The second insulating-film cap layer  109  also disappears from the nMOSFET region Rn. In the pMOSFET region Rp, on the other hand, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is formed over the diffusion preventing layer  140 A and in the present embodiment, the diffusion preventing layer  140 A is designed to prevent the diffusion of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . In the pMOSFET region Rp, therefore, the second insulating-film cap layer  109  remains. After formation of the element-added metal layer  110 , and the first and second element-added insulating layers  111  and  112 , the second insulating-film cap layer  109  in the pMOSFET region Rp is removed by wet etching. 
       FIG. 45  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of a poly-Si layer  113  over the diffusion preventing layer  140 A and the element-added metal layer  110 . After removal of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  from the pMOSFET region Rp, a poly-Si layer  113  is deposited to give a thickness within a range of from 30 to 120 nm over the diffusion preventing layer  140 A and the element-added metal layer  110  as illustrated in  FIG. 45 . In the present embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, a heat treatment step is performed preferably prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113 . 
       FIG. 46  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of the CMOSFET  240 . After formation of the poly-Si layer  113  in  FIG. 45 , dry etching is performed as in the fifth embodiment to form each gate electrode of the nMOSFET  120  and pMOSFET  121 C. Described specifically, in order to leave a portion of the gate electrode and layers therebelow, the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the diffusion preventing layer  140 A, and the gate-electrode metal film  108  which will be a gate electrode, and the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , and the interface layer  105  which will be layers below the gate electrode are etched. 
     In the present embodiment, the nMOSFET  120  has, as in the fifth embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 28 , a gate stack structure having the poly-Si layer  113 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the interface layer  105 , and the p well  103 . 
     A p-side gate electrode  115 C of the pMOSFET  121 C is composed of the poly-Si layer  113 , the diffusion preventing layer  140 A, and the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the p-side gate insulating film  117  is, as in the fifth embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 28 , composed of the interface layer  105  and the second element-added insulating layer  112 . Accordingly, the pMOSFET  121 C has a gate stack structure having the poly-Si layer  113 , the diffusion preventing layer  140 A, the gate-electrode metal film  108 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , the interface layer  105 , and the n well  104 . 
     After formation of the n-side gate electrode  114  and the p-side gate electrode  115 C, the conventional process flows for CMOSFET formation are conducted successively as in the fifth embodiment to form the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 C, thereby forming the CMOSFET  240 . Described specifically, in the nMOSFET region Rn, a sidewall spacer  118  made of, for example, SiO 2  is formed over both of the side walls of each of the n-side gate electrode  114  and the n-side gate insulating film  116 . In the pMOSFET region Rp, a sidewall spacer  118  made of, for example, SiO 2  is formed over both of the side walls of each of the p-side gate electrode  115 C and the p-side gate insulating film  117 . Then, ion implantation is performed to form a source/drain region  119 , thereby forming the CMOSFET  240 . 
     In the CMOSFET  240  of the present embodiment formed in such a manner, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114  of the nMOSFET  120  is from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV, while the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115 C of the pMOSFET  121 C is from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. The effective work function of the gate electrode can be determined from a flat band voltage deducted from the C—V characteristics, that is, capacitance-gate voltage characteristics of a MOS type capacitor in the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 C. 
     In the present embodiment, the diffusion preventing layer  140 A is designed to prevent diffusion of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . When the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is made of a rare earth material such as La oxide as in the present embodiment, it is difficult to form the second insulating-film cap layer  109  having a deliquescent property in one of the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp by the method of forming it over both of these regions and then removing it from the region on one side. 
     In the present embodiment, by forming the diffusion preventing layer  140 A, the diffusion of the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  in the pMOSFET region Rp can be prevented without removing the second insulating-film cap layer  109  from the pMOSFET region Rp. A step of removing the second insulating-film cap layer  109  from one of the regions can be omitted and therefore the production flow can be simplified. In addition, deterioration of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  does not occur because of the omission of the removing step from one of the regions so that during heat treatment conducted subsequent to the diffusion, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  can be diffused more completely into the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the insulating layer  106  in the nMOSFET region Rn. This makes it possible to control the threshold voltage of the nMOSFET  120  to bring it close to a desired value. 
     In the nMOSFET  120  of the present embodiment thus formed, the first element-added insulating layer  111  contains Al and La, the first element and the second element, respectively, and the gate-electrode metal film  108  of the nMOSFET region Rn over the first element-added insulating layer  111  contains La, the second element. The pMOSFET  121 C, on the other hand, contains Al, the first element, in the second element-added insulating layer  112  and is equipped with the gate-electrode metal film  108  free of Al and La, the first element and the second element, respectively, over the second element-added insulating layer  112 . The gate-electrode metal film  108  has, thereover, the diffusion preventing layer  140 A made of a material different from that of the gate-electrode metal film  108 . 
     Such a structure enables to achieve the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 C equipped with the gate electrodes  114  and  115 C having an effective work function suited therefor, respectively. Described specifically, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114  in the nMOSFET  120  can be adjusted to from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV, while the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115 C in the pMOSFET  121 C can be adjusted to from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. Accordingly, the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 C having threshold voltages suited thereto, respectively, can be achieved. 
     The first and second element-added insulating layers  111  and  112  can be formed without etching over the gate-insulating-film insulating layer  106  which will be the first and second element-added insulating layers  111  and  112  so that deterioration in the manufacturing procedure can be prevented and reduction in the reliability can be prevented. As a result, the semiconductor device  240  which is equipped with the nMOSFET  120  and the pMOSFET  121 C having desired properties, respectively, and at the same time is highly reliable can therefore be achieved. 
     Tenth Embodiment 
     A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to a tenth embodiment of the invention will next be described.  FIGS. 47 to 49  are cross-sectional views illustrating each manufacturing step in the method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the tenth embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, as in the fifth embodiment, a CMOSFET  250  is manufactured as the semiconductor device.  FIGS. 47 to 49  omit therefrom the p type semiconductor layer  2  illustrated above in  FIGS. 1 to 25  to facilitate understanding. 
       FIG. 47  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of heat treatment. First, as in the fifth embodiment, after formation of an element isolation film  102 , a p well  103 , and a p well  104  in a Si substrate  101  and successive formation of an interface layer  105 , an insulating layer  106 , a first insulating-film cap layer  107 , a gate-electrode metal film  108 , and a second insulating-film cap layer  109  over the Si substrate  101 , heat treatment is performed. As a result, in the nMOSFET region Rn, an element contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109  is added to the gate-electrode metal film  108  to form a element-added metal layer  110  and at the same time, an element contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107  and another element contained in the second insulating-film cap layer  109  are added to the insulating layer  106  to form a first element-added insulating layer  111 , as illustrated in  FIG. 47 . In the pMOSFET region Rp, the element contained in the first insulating-film cap layer  107  is added to the insulating layer  106  to form a second element-added insulating layer  112 . 
       FIG. 48  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of a second gate-electrode metal film  150  and a poly-Si layer  113  over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the element-added metal layer  110 . In the present embodiment, after heat treatment but prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113 , a second gate-electrode metal film  150  is deposited over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the element-added metal layer  110 . The second gate-electrode metal film  150  corresponds to a second metal film and corresponds to the second gate-electrode metal film N in the fourth embodiment. The thickness of the second gate-electrode metal film  150  is preferably 3 nm or greater but not greater than 20 nm. 
     The second gate-electrode metal film  150  is made of a conductive material. The material of the second gate-electrode metal film  150  may be the same or different from that of the gate-electrode metal film  108 . In the present embodiment, the second gate-electrode metal film  150  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  are made of the same material, more specifically, TiN. The conductive material configuring the second gate-electrode metal film  150  is not limited to TiN and conductive materials similar to those configuring the gate-electrode metal film  108  are usable. After formation of the second gate-electrode metal film  150 , a poly-Si layer  113  is deposited over the second gate-electrode metal film  150  to give a thickness within a range of from 30 to 120 nm. 
       FIG. 49  is a cross-sectional view illustrating the state after completion of the formation of the CMOSFET  250 . After formation of the poly-Si layer  113  in  FIG. 48 , dry etching or the like is conducted, as in the fifth embodiment, to form each gate electrode of the nMOSFET  120 B and pMOSFET  121 D. Described specifically, in order to leave a portion of the gate electrode and layers therebelow, the poly-Si layer  113 , the second gate-electrode metal film  150 , the element-added metal layer  110  and the gate-electrode metal film  108  which will be the gate electrode, and the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the second element-added insulating layer  112  and the interface layer  105  therebelow are etched. 
     In the present embodiment, an n-side gate electrode  114 B of the nMOSFET  120 B is composed of the poly-Si layer  113 , the second gate-electrode metal film  150 , and the element-added metal layer  110 , while the n-side gate insulating film  116  is, as in the fifth embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 28 , made of the interface layer  105  and the first element-added insulating layer  111 . Accordingly, the nMOSFET  120 B has a gate stack structure composed of the poly-Si layer  113 , the second gate-electrode metal film  150 , the element-added metal layer  110 , the first element-added insulating layer  111 , the interface layer  105 , and the p well  103 . 
     In the pMOSFET  121 D, a p-side gate electrode  115  is composed of the poly-Si layer  113 , the second gate-electrode metal film  150 , and the gate-electrode metal film  108 , while the p-side gate insulating film  117  is, as in the fifth embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 28 , composed of the interface layer  105  and the second element-added insulating layer  112 . Accordingly, the pMOSFET  121 D has a gate stack structure composed of the poly-Si layer  113 , the second gate-electrode metal film  150 , the gate-electrode metal film  108 , the second element-added insulating layer  112 , the interface layer  105 , and the n well  104 . 
     After formation of the n-side gate electrode  114 B and the p-side gate electrode  115 D, the conventional process flows for CMOSFET formation are conducted successively to form the nMOSFET  120 B and the pMOSFET  121 D, thereby forming the CMOSFET  250 . 
     In the CMOSFET  250  of the present embodiment thus formed, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114 B of the nMOSFET  120 B is from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV and the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115 D of the pMOSFET  121 D is from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. The effective work function of the gate electrode can be determined from a flat band voltage deducted from the C—V characteristics, that is, the capacitance-gate electrode characteristics of a MOS type capacitor in the nMOSFET  120 B and the pMOSFET  121 D thus obtained. 
     According to the present embodiment, as described above, the second gate-electrode metal film  150  is formed over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the element-added metal layer  110  prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113 . Then, the poly-Si layer  113  is formed over the second gate-electrode metal film  150 . In other words, the second gate-electrode metal film  150  is disposed between the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the poly-Si layer  113  and between the element-added metal layer  110  and the poly-Si layer  113  in the present embodiment. 
     When the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the element-added metal layer  110  are each as thin as 10 nm or less, stacking of the poly-Si layer  113  may cause reduction in the effective work function of the gate electrodes  114 B and  115 D. 
     As in the present embodiment, by inserting the second gate-electrode metal film  150  between the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the poly-Si layer  113  and between the element-added metal layer  110  and the poly-Si layer  113 , the adverse effect caused by stacking of the poly-Si layer  113  can be suppressed and reduction in the effective work function of the gate electrodes  114 B and  115 D can be prevented even if the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the element-added metal layer  110  are thin. 
     Thus, in the present embodiment, the nMOSFET  120 B and the pMOSFET  121 D equipped with the gate electrodes  114 B and  115 D having the effective work functions suited thereto, respectively, can be achieved. Described specifically, the effective work function of the n-side gate electrode  114 B in the nMOSFET  120 B can be adjusted to from 4.0 eV to 4.3 eV, while the effective work function of the p-side gate electrode  115 D in the pMOSFET  121 D can be adjusted to from 4.9 eV to 5.2 eV. Accordingly, the nMOSFET  120 B and the pMOSFET  121 D having threshold voltages suited thereto, respectively, can be achieved. 
     When the second gate-electrode metal film  150  is formed as in the present embodiment, heat treatment for thermally diffusing the elements contained in the first and second insulating-film cap layers  107  and  109  is preferably performed prior to the formation of the second gate-electrode metal film  150  and the poly-Si layer  113  as in the present embodiment. When the second gate-electrode metal film  150  or both the second gate electrode metal film  150  and the poly-Si layer  113  are formed prior to the heat treatment as in the formation of the poly-Si layer  113  prior to heat treatment in the fifth embodiment, the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  may be diffused extremely into the second gate-electrode metal film  150  and the poly-Si layer  113  and not diffused into the gate-electrode metal film  108 , though it depends on the material of the second insulating-film cap layer  109 . It is therefore preferred to carry out the heat treatment step prior to the formation of the second gate-electrode metal film  150  and the poly-Si layer  113 , as in the present embodiment. 
     In the present embodiment, as described above, the second gate-electrode metal film  150  is formed prior to the formation, as in the fifth embodiment, of the poly-Si layer  113 . In the sixth to ninth embodiments, as in the present embodiment, the second gate-electrode metal film  150  may be formed prior to the formation of the poly-Si layer  113 . More specifically, in the sixth embodiment, after formation of the second gate-electrode metal film  150  over the gate-electrode metal film  108  and the element-added protective layer  131 , the poly-Si layer  113  may be formed over the second gate-electrode metal film  150 . 
     In the seventh embodiment, after formation of the second gate-electrode metal film  150  over the element-added metal layer  110  and the another element-added metal layer  141 , the poly-Si layer  113  may be formed over the second gate-electrode metal film  150 . 
     In the eighth embodiment, after formation of the second gate-electrode metal film  150  over the element-added metal layer  110  in the nMOSFET region Rn and the pMOSFET region Rp, the poly-Si layer  113  may be formed over the second gate-electrode metal film  150 . 
     In the ninth embodiment, after formation of the second gate-electrode metal film  150  over the diffusion preventing layer  140 A and the element-added metal layer  110 , the poly-Si layer  113  may be formed over the second gate-electrode metal film  150 . 
     In the first to fourth embodiments, as in the fifth to tenth embodiments, an interface layer made of an insulating material may be formed over the entire surface of the Si  1  from the surface side on which the element isolation insulating film  5 , the p well  3  and the n well  4  have been formed. 
     In the fifth to tenth embodiments, as in the third embodiment, before or after diffusion of the second insulating-film cap layer  109  functioning as a first cap layer, a second cap layer may be formed to diffuse it into the gate-electrode metal films  108  and  108 A. 
     In each of the above-described embodiments, the first conductivity type is designated as n type, while the second conductivity type is designated as p type. It is also possible to designate the first conductivity type as p type and the second conductivity type as n type.