Patent ID: 8518813

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, said method comprising: a first step of forming a dummy gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate, and digging down a surface of said semiconductor substrate by etching with said dummy gate electrode as a mask, said semiconductor substrate being formed of single-crystal silicon; a second step of forming stress applying layers by epitaxial growth on the dug-down portion of said semiconductor substrate, said stress applying layers being of a semiconductor material having a different lattice constant from that of said semiconductor substrate and extending to a first position below a surface of said semiconductor substrate; a third step of forming extensions of a source region and a drain region; a fourth step of forming an interlayer insulating film in a state of covering said dummy gate electrode and said stress applying layers, making said dummy gate electrode exposed from said interlayer insulating film, and then removing said dummy gate electrode, whereby a groove pattern is formed in said interlayer insulating film, and said semiconductor substrate is exposed; a fifth step of digging down an exposed surface of said semiconductor substrate exposed at a bottom part of said groove pattern, the fifth step including digging down the exposed surface of said semiconductor substrate below the extensions of the source region and the drain region to a second position below the surface of said semiconductor substrate; and a sixth step of filling and forming a new gate electrode via a gate insulating film within said groove pattern in which the exposed surface of said semiconductor substrate is dug down to said second position below the surface of said semiconductor substrate, whereby a channel part under said new gate electrode is at said second position below the surface of said semiconductor substrate and said second position of said channel part with respect to the surface of said semiconductor substrate is shallower than said first position of said stress applying layers.