Patent ID: 7858433

Claim:
A method of producing a photoelectric converting film stack type solid-state image pickup device, in which the photoelectric converting film stack type solid-state image pickup device comprises a plurality of photoelectric converting films stacked via an insulating layer, the photoelectric converting films being above a semiconductor substrate in which a signal read circuit is formed, and in which each of the photoelectric converting films is sandwiched between a pixel electrode film patterned for each pixel and an opposing electrode film opposed to the pixel electrode film, the method comprising connecting the pixel electrode film for an upper one of the photoelectric converting films to the signal read circuit by a longitudinal line passing through a lower one of the photoelectric converting films, wherein the method comprises: stacking a first opposing electrode film on the lower photoelectric converting film, in succession to stacking the lower photoelectric converting film; forming a first opening at a predetermined place of the first opposing electrode film and the lower photoelectric converting film after stacking of the first opposing electrode film and in the same step; filling the first opening with the insulating layer; forming a second opening which is smaller in diameter than said first opening; and filling the second opening with a conductive material, so as to form a portion which passes through the lower photoelectric converting film in the longitudinal line.