Patent ID: 8482040

Claim:
A solid-state image capturing device comprising: a substrate; a substrate voltage source which applies a first potential to the substrate during a light reception period and applies a second potential to the substrate during a non-light reception period; and a plurality of pixels each of which includes a light receiver which is formed on a front surface of the substrate and generates signal charges in accordance with received light, a storage capacitor which is formed adjacent to the light receiver and accumulates and stores signal charges generated by the light receiver, the signal charges being transmitted when the first potential is applied to the substrate, dark-current suppressors which are formed in the light receiver and the storage capacitor, an electronic shutter adjusting layer which is formed in an area facing the light receiver in the substrate and distant from the storage capacitor by a predetermined offset area and which adjusts potential distribution of the substrate so that the signal charges generated in the light receiver when the second potential is applied to the substrate are swept to a rear surface of the substrate, and a floating diffusion portion to which the signal charges accumulated in the storage capacitor are transmitted.