Patent ID: 7193258

Claim:
An image pickup element, comprising: on a same substrate, first and second pixel parts each having first and second active regions used for forming constituting components, said first and second active regions being respectively same in shape in said first and second pixel parts, wherein said first pixel part includes a first photoelectric conversion element formed at said first active region, a first transferring transistor formed at said first active region for transmitting charges photoelectrically converted by said first photoelectric conversion element to a floating diffusion region, and a resetting transistor formed at said second active region for resetting said floating diffusion region, wherein said second pixel part includes a second photoelectric conversion element formed at said first active region, a second transferring transistor formed at said first active region for transmitting charges photoelectrically converted by said second photoelectric conversion element to said floating diffusion region, and an amplifying transistor formed at said second active region for amplifying a signal corresponding to said charges in said floating diffusion region and outputting the amplified signal, and wherein said floating diffusion region is shared by said first and second pixel parts.