Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor substrate; a multi-layered wiring structure which is formed over the semiconductor substrate and in which a plurality of wiring layers, each of which is formed by a wiring and an insulating layer, are laminated; and a capacitive element having a lower electrode, a capacitor insulating layer, and an upper electrode which is embedded in the multi-layered wiring structure, wherein at least two or more of the wiring layers are provided between a lower capacitor wiring connected to the lower electrode and an upper capacitor wiring connected to the upper electrode.

Abstract: This invention provides a semiconductor device having a capacitor with reduced deterioration of dielectric constant and reduced leakage between upper and lower electrodes and a manufacturing method of such a semiconductor device. A capacity structure is configured by sequentially stacking a lower electrode, a capacitive insulation film, and an upper electrode on wiring or a contact plug. The capacity structure is of a thin-film capacitor structure having, at the interface between the lower electrode and the capacitive insulation film, a thin metal film having insulating properties and exhibiting a high dielectric constant.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is produced by fabricating a capacitor element including a lower electrode, a capacitor insulating film, and an upper electrode, and a thin-film resistor element, in the same step. As the lower electrode of the capacitor element is lined with a lower layer wiring layer (Cu wiring), the lower electrode has extremely low resistance substantially. As such, even if the film thickness of the lower electrode becomes thinner, parasitic resistance does not increased. The resistor element is formed to have the same film thickness as that of the lower electrode of the capacitor element. Since the film thickness of the lower electrode is thin, it works as a resistor having high resistance. In the top layer of the passive element, a passive element cap insulating film is provided, which works as an etching stop layer when etching a contact of the upper electrode of the capacitor element.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a capacitive structure formed by sequentially layering, on a wiring or conductive plug, a lower electrode, a capacitive insulation film, and an upper electrode. The semiconductor device has, as the capacitive structure, a thin-film capacitor having a lower electrode structure composed of an amorphous or microcrystalline film or a laminate of these films formed on a polycrystalline film.