Patent ID: 7679117

Claim:
A solid-state image sensing device having an effective pixel area that carries out photoelectric conversion according to a quantity of incident light and an optical black area for making a reference signal, the effective pixel area and the optical black area being disposed on one principal surface of a substrate, the solid-state image sensing device comprising: photoelectric converter elements; a wiring part that includes a plurality of wiring layers disposed on the one principal surface of the substrate, in which in the optical black area more wiring layers are disposed than in the effective pixel area, with a first wiring layer being disposed in the optical black area and not in the effective pixel area; an interlayer dielectric disposed between the first wiring layer and a second wiring layer disposed beneath the first wiring layer; a passivation film disposed on the interlayer dielectric in the effective pixel area and disposed on the first wiring layer in the optical black area; and inner lenses, convex in shape toward incoming light, disposed at least at positions on the passivation film that correspond to the effective pixel area, wherein a distance between a top surface of the interlayer dielectric and a top surface of the passivation film in the optical black area is longer than a distance between the top surface of the interlayer dielectric and a top surface of the inner lenses in the effective pixel area.