Patent ID: 8149051

Claim:
A solid-state image sensor comprising: a plurality of transfer gates for transferring charge; at least first and second pixels adjacent to each other having first and second photoelectric conversion portions, respectively; a shielding material line arranged on a region corresponding to the space separating said first and second pixels, said region being above said transfer gates, said shielding material line extending in a direction intersecting with the extensional direction of said transfer gates for blocking light incident from above said first pixel upon said second photoelectric conversion portion of said second pixel adjacent to said first photoelectric conversion portion of said first pixel; and a projecting portion integrated with said shielding material line and connected directly to one of said transfer gates entering an ON-state in photoreception, wherein said projecting portion has a thickness from a surface of said shielding material line to a surface connected to said transfer gate, the surface of said shielding material line facing said transfer gates, and the thickness of said projecting portion is greater than a thickness of said shielding material line which includes no projecting portion.