Patent ID: 8860862

Claim:
A solid-state image pickup apparatus comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion unit disposed on the semiconductor substrate; a charge storage unit that is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and that stores an electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit; a floating diffusion unit which is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and to which the electric charge stored in the charge storage unit is transferred; a first gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate, disposed between the photoelectric conversion unit and the charge storage unit, and disposed over the charge storage unit; a second gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor substrate, disposed between the charge storage unit and the floating diffusion unit; and a light shielding member including a first part and a second part wherein the first part is disposed over the charge storage unit and disposed over at least one of the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, and wherein the second part is disposed between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode such that the second part extends from the first part toward a surface of the semiconductor substrate.