US Patent 7714373 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

There is disclosed a semiconductor device including a plurality of memory cell transistors, each memory cell transistor including a floating gate electrode isolated from each other via an isolation insulating film every memory cell transistor, an inter-electrode insulating film comprising a HfxAl1-xOy film (0.8≦x≦0.95) formed on the floating gate electrode, and a control gate electrode formed on the inter-electrode insulating film, wherein the memory cell transistors are arrayed to form a memory cell array.