A semiconductor device 19-1 includes a source electrode 3s and a drain electrode 3d disposed on a substrate 1, an insulating partition wall 5, which has a first opening 5a reaching end portions of the source electrode 3s and the drain electrode 3d and between these electrodes 3s-3d and which is disposed on the substrate 1, a channel portion semiconductor layer 7a, which is composed of a semiconductor layer 7 formed from above the partition wall 5 and which is disposed on the bottom portion of the first opening 5a while being separated from the semiconductor 7 on the partition wall 5, a gate insulating film 9 formed all over the surface from above the semiconductor layer 7 including the channel portion semiconductor layer 7a, and a gate electrode 11a disposed on the gate insulating film 9 while overlapping the channel portion semiconductor layer 7a.