Patent ID: 7675096
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A solid-state image pickup element comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an imaging section comprising a photoelectric converting portion that generates an electric charge, formed on the semiconductor substrate; an intralayer lens formed in an upper layer of the imaging section; a vertical transfer channel; a horizontal transfer channel; and a peripheral circuit section including a wiring portion, formed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the vertical transfer channel transfers the electric charge generated in the imaging section to the horizontal transfer channel, the horizontal transfer channel transfers the electric charge transferred from the vertical transfer channel to the peripheral circuit section, the peripheral circuit section process an output of the electric charge transferred from the horizontal transfer channel, and the intralayer lens includes a convex superior portion formed in an upper layer and a convex inferior portion formed in a lower layer and at least part of the lower layer of the intralayer lens is formed below a wiring portion in the peripheral circuit section.