Patent ID: 7714263

Claim:
A solid-state image capturing apparatus, comprising: a first-conductivity type semiconductor substrate; a pixel section obtained by forming a plurality of pixels on the semiconductor substrate; and a peripheral circuit section obtained by forming a peripheral circuit for driving the pixels in a region of the semiconductor substrate, the region being located around the pixel section, wherein each of the pixels comprises: a pixel light receiving section for converting incident light into a signal charge by photoelectric conversion; a charge storing section for storing the signal charge and generating a signal voltage in accordance with the stored signal charge; and an amplifying transistor for amplifying and outputting the signal voltage, wherein the semiconductor substrate includes a second-conductivity type semiconductor region, in which the amplifying transistor is formed, the second-type semiconductor region having an impurity concentration profile different from an impurity concentration of a second-conductivity type semiconductor region, in which a peripheral circuit transistor that constitutes the peripheral circuit is formed.