Patent ID: 7091122

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: stacking a plurality of insulating films each having a relative dielectric constant of at most 3.0 in first and second regions which are provided on a substrate and which are located adjacent to each other in a direction parallel to a major surface of the substrate; removing those parts of the plurality of insulating films, which lie in the second region, to make a hole in the plurality of insulating films; forming an insulating film having a relative dielectric constant greater than 3.0 in the hole; and forming a pad above the insulating film having a relative dielectric constant greater than 3.0; wherein forming the pad includes forming a connecting portion which extends across a boundary between the first and second regions and which electrically connects the pad to a conductive portion formed in the first region, a pattern of the connecting portion having a width smaller than that of a pattern of the pad.