Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

Nth number of metallic wiring layers (provided that N is an integer equal to or greater than 3) laminated respectively via an insulating film above the upper portion of said semiconductor substrate;

a capacitor element composed of a lower electrode, a capacitance insulating film, and an upper electrode formed above said semiconductor substrate, wherein the lower electrode of said capacitor element is formed in an (Nth−1) wiring layer which is immediately under the uppermost wiring layer, said capacitance insulating film and said upper electrode are formed between said (Nth−1) wiring layer and said Nth wiring layer, and said upper electrode is formed via the insulating film under the uppermost wiring layer, and said upper electrode is in electrical connection with a wiring of said (Nth−1) wiring layer without said Nth wiring layer interposed therebetween; and

a shield fully covering the upper portion of said capacitor element and the shield is formed in said Nth wiring layer which is an uppermost layer, and not electrically connected to the upper electrode and the lower electrode of the capacitor,

wherein a wiring which is electrically connected to the upper electrode and the lower electrode of the capacitor does not exist above the capacitor, and

wherein said shield is retained at a fixed voltage that is greater than zero.

2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein

a wiring connecting said wiring of said (Nth−1) wiring layer to said upper electrode is formed from the same metallic film as said upper electrode.

3. A semiconductor device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

Nth number (provided that N is an integer equal to or greater than 3) of metallic wiring layers laminated respectively via an insulating film above said semiconductor substrate;

a capacitor element composed of a lower electrode, a capacitance insulating film, and an upper electrode, the capacitor element which is formed between an uppermost wiring layer (Nth wiring layer) thereof and an (Nth−1) wiring layer which is immediately under the uppermost wiring layer among said metallic wiring layers, and the upper electrode and the lower electrode formed as different layer from the Nth wiring layer and Nth−1 wiring layer, wherein

said lower electrode is formed on a wiring of said (Nth−1) wiring layer,

said capacitance insulating film is formed on top of said lower electrode,

said upper electrode is formed on top of said capacitance insulating film, and

said upper electrode is in electrical connection with a wiring of said (Nth−1) wiring layer without said Nth wiring layer interposed therebetween; and

a shield fully covering the upper portion of said capacitor element formed in said Nth wiring layer which is an uppermost layer, and not electrically connected to the upper electrode and the lower electrode of the capacitor,

wherein a wiring which is electrically connected to the upper electrode and the lower electrode of the capacitor does not exist above the capacitor, and

wherein said shield is retained at a fixed voltage that is greater than zero.

4. A semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein

among said wiring layers, at least said (Nth−1) wiring layer is formed of copper.

5. A semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein

a wiring that connects said wiring of said (Nth−1) wiring layer to said upper electrode is formed from a same metallic film as said upper electrode.