There is provided a semiconductor device which includes a first interlayer
insulating film (first insulating film) formed over a silicon (semiconductor) substrate,
a capacitor formed on the first interlayer insulating film and having a lower electrode,
a dielectric film, and an upper electrode, a fourth interlayer insulating film
(second insulating film) formed over the capacitor and the first interlayer insulating
film, and a metal pattern formed on the fourth interlayer insulating film over
the capacitor and its periphery to have a stress in an opposite direction to the
fourth interlayer insulating film. As a result, characteristics of the capacitor
covered with the interlayer insulating film can be improved.