Patent ID: 8889505

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising: forming a first-conductivity-type well of a first conductivity type and a second-conductivity-type well of a conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type in a silicon substrate; stacking a first high-dielectric-constant insulating film above the silicon substrate; stacking a first cap dielectric film above the first high-dielectric-constant insulating film; removing the first cap dielectric film and first high-dielectric-constant insulating film above the second-conductivity-type well stacking a second high-dielectric-constant insulating film and a second cap dielectric film above the silicon substrate so as to cover the first high-dielectric-constant insulating film and first cap dielectric film; removing the second cap dielectric film disposed above the first-conductivity-type well; and after removing the second cap dielectric film disposed above the first-conductive-type well, conducting a heat treatment in a nitriding gas atmosphere to fix nitrogen in the second cap dielectric film above the second-conductivity-type well, and to cause an element included in the first cap dielectric film to diffuse into the first high-dielectric-constant insulating film disposed above the first-conductivity-type well.