Patent ID: 8242014

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a first reinforcing insulating film and a first sacrificial interlayer film in this order; forming a first trench from said first sacrificial interlayer film through said first reinforcing insulating film, then in said first trench, forming an interconnect made of a copper-containing metal, and forming a first cap metal film covering the upper portion of said interconnect; forming a sacrificial barrier dielectric film and a second sacrificial interlayer film on the upper portion of said first cap metal film in this order; selectively removing said second sacrificial interlayer film and said sacrificial barrier dielectric film sequentially in order to form a hole with said first cap metal film exposed at the bottom of said hole, forming a conductive via connected to said interconnect by forming a conductive film in said hole, and forming a second cap metal film covering said conductive via at the upper portion of said conductive via; exposing said interconnect and said conductive via by selectively removing said second sacrificial interlayer film, said sacrificial barrier dielectric film, and said first sacrificial interlayer film sequentially after said forming said second cap metal film; and forming an insulating film covering the side wall of said interconnect, the upper portion of said interconnect, the side wall of said conductive via which is connected to said interconnect from the side wall of said interconnect through the side wall of said conductive via, wherein said forming said insulating film comprises providing an air-gap in said insulating film.