Patent ID: 8748314

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a first metal film or a silicon film as a hard mask directly on a low dielectric constant insulating film having a lower dielectric constant than that of a silicon oxide formed on an etching stopper film which is on a substrate; forming a patterned resist layer directly on said hard mask; forming an opening passing through said hard mask and said low dielectric constant insulating film by photolithography and etching after forming said patterned resist layer; removing said patterned resist layer by plasma ashing after forming said opening, said plasma ashing causing a damaged layer to be formed on a sidewall of an inside of said opening; dry etching an exposed surface of said etching stopper film serving as a bottom surface of said opening; cleaning the inside of said opening by wet etching, after said dry etching; removing said hard mask after said cleaning the inside; and forming a second metal film to fill said opening directly on said low dielectric constant insulating film after said removing the hard mask, wherein said cleaning the inside of said opening by said wet etching is performed in a condition that an etching rate of said damaged layer is higher than that of said hard mask, wherein said damaged layer formed on the sidewall of the inside of the opening is removed and at least one step portion between said hard mask and said low dielectric insulating film is formed by the cleaning the inside of said opening.