Patent ID: 7737044

Claim:
A method of manufacturing solid state imaging devices comprising photoelectric conversion devices which are arranged two-dimensionally; color filters each disposed corresponding to each of the photoelectric conversion devices; and a plurality of transfer lenses each disposed directly or indirectly on the color filter; the method comprising: forming a plurality of color filters differing in color from each other; forming a transparent resin layer on the color filters; forming an etching control layer on the transparent resin layer, the etching control layer being etched at a lower etching rate than an etching rate of the transparent resin layer; forming a lens master on the etching control layer by using a heat-flowable resin material; first dry-etching of the etching control layer using a pattern of the lens master as a mask, to transfer the pattern of the lens master to the etching control layer and to form an intermediate micro lens formed of the etching control layer; and second dry-etching of the transparent resin layer using a pattern of the intermediate micro lens as a mask, to transfer the pattern of the intermediate micro lens to the transparent resin layer and to form the transfer lenses formed of the transparent resin layer.