Mechanical strength and moisture resistance of a multilayer interconnect
structure is to be improved. A semiconductor device includes a circuit
region and a seal ring region formed around the circuit region, on a
semiconductor substrate. The seal ring region includes a plurality of
interconnect layers including interconnect lines and a plurality of via
layers including a plurality of slit vias stacked on one another, and a
pitch between the slit vias in at least one of the via layers (lower or
middle layer) is different from a pitch between the slit vias in other
via layers (upper layer).