Patent ID: 7838382

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a transistor on a semiconductor substrate; forming a lower electrode supported by the semiconductor substrate and spaced from the transistor; forming a first CVD insulating film covering the transistor and the lower electrode; applying a photoresist on the first CVD insulating film; forming an opening in the photoresist opposite the lower electrode and spaced from and within a periphery of the lower electrode; forming a high-dielectric constant film constituted of a high-k material having a dielectric constant of at least 10 in the opening and on the photoresist; removing the photoresist and the high-dielectric-constant film on the photoresist so that the high-dielectric-constant film remains opposite the lower electrode and spaced from and within the periphery of the lower electrode; and forming an upper electrode on the high-dielectric-constant film that remains.