Disclosed is a small-sized, power-saving and high-performance semiconductor
integrated circuit that comprises first and second transistors formed on a
substrate, wherein the gate electrode in the first transistor is of
crystalline silicon, and the gate electrode in the second transistor is of
a combination of crystalline silicon and a substance having a higher
electric conductivity than said crystalline silicon as provided on at
least a part of said crystalline silicon. In the circuit, the gate
electrode in the first transistor is required to be patterned in fine
patterns, while that in the second transistor is required to have low
electric resistance. Such different types of gate electrodes are formed on
one and the same substrate in a simple process. The elements constituting
the circuit all have high quality.