This invention provides a technique whereby, even if a step is produced by
splitting a lower electrode into component elements, resistance increase
of an upper electrode, damage to a membrane and decrease of dielectric
strength between an upper electrode and the lower electrode, are reduced.
In an ultrasonic transducer comprising plural lower electrodes, --an
insulation film covering the lower electrodes, --plural hollow parts
formed to overlap the lower electrodes on the insulation film, --an
insulation film filling the gaps among the hollow parts, an insulation
film covering the hollow parts and insulation film, plural upper
electrodes formed to overlap the hollow parts on the insulation film and
plural interconnections joining them, --the surfaces of the hollow parts
and insulation film are flattened to the same height.