Patent ID: 7396748

Claim:
A method of manufacturing semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate and a MOSFET provided on the semiconductor substrate, the MOSFET including a source region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a drain region formed in the semiconductor substrate, a channel region formed between the source region and the drain region in the semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, said method comprising: forming the gate insulating film having a first dielectric constant, on the semiconductor substrate; forming a region in edges of the gate insulating film to have a second dielectric constant lower than the first dielectric constant; forming as the gate insulating film having the first dielectric constant a Hf silicate film; etching the Hf silicate film to a prescribed thickness by using a hard mask, except a part which lies beneath the hard mask; and forming the region having the second dielectric constant in the edges of the gate insulating film by introducing silicon, via those parts of the Hf silicate film which are exposed by etching, via parts of the Hf silicate film which lies on edges of the gate insulating film.