Patent ID: 7045400

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device having an imaging section containing a plurality of pixel parts, said method of forming each pixel part comprising: a step of forming photoelectric converting means for storing photo-charge proportional to an amount of light incident to said means; a step of forming an amplifier transistor for creating an output potential proportional to the photo-charge stored in the photoelectric converting means; a step of forming a select transistor for selectively connecting the output of the amplifier transistor to a signal line that is connected to a current source at an area outside of the imaging section; and wherein gate electrodes of the amplifier and select transistors are formed in a two-level structure such that: a gate electrode of the amplifier transistor is formed in a first level of the two-level structure; and a gate electrode of the select transistor is formed in a second level of the two-level structure such that a part of the gate electrode of the select transistor in the second level overlaps the gate electrode of the amplifier.