Patent ID: 7893537

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: an element forming region formed in a substrate, an element isolation region formed around the element forming region, a gate electrode formed on the element forming region through a gate insulating film, an interlayer insulating film formed so as to cover the element forming region and the element isolation region, and a protection insulating film formed on the element forming region so as to cover the gate insulating film and the gate electrode, wherein the protection insulating film comprises a first insulating film located at an upper portion of the gate electrode and a second insulating film located at side portions of the gate electrode, the second insulating film serving as sidewalls, wherein the element isolation region is formed of a hydrocarbon (CHy, 0.8<y<1.2), the interlayer insulating film is formed of a carbon fluoride (CFx, 0.3<x<0.6), and the first insulating film of the protection insulating film is formed of a hydrocarbon (CHy).