Patent ID: 6995349

Claim:
A solid-state image pickup device comprising: a photoelectric conversion section formed on the surface of a semiconductor substrate; and a charge transfer section having a charge transfer electrode for transferring electric charges produced by the photoelectric conversion section, wherein the charge transfer electrode of the charge transfer section comprises a first electrode layer comprising a silicon conductive film formed on a gate oxide film formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate; a second electrode layer comprising a silicon conductive film formed on a gate oxide film wherein the second electrode layer is formed to sit astride and run on said first electrode layer; a sidewall dielectric film formed on sidewalls of said first and second electrode layers, wherein said first and second electrode layers share a common end and each of the first and second electrode have a non-common end, wherein, at the non-common ends of the first and second electrodes, the sidewall dielectric film is formed solely on the sidewalls; and a metal silicide film formed on the surfaces of said first and second electrode layers exposed from said sidewall dielectric film.