Patent ID: 7351598

Claim:
A method for producing a solid-state image pickup device in which a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion part having a charge accumulation region accumulating signal charges is two-dimensionally arrayed in a well region formed on a semiconductor substrate, the method comprising the steps of: forming an element isolation insulating film on the surface of the well region, the element isolation insulating film electrically isolating the pixels; forming a first isolation diffusion layer in the well region, the first isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the element isolation insulating film and having a projecting region in which the inner peripheral part of the first isolation diffusion layer corresponding to the boundary with the charge accumulation region projects in the charge accumulation region; forming a second isolation diffusion layer in the well region, the second isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the first isolation diffusion layer; and forming the photoelectric conversion part for each pixel in the well region in which the photoelectric conversion part is electrically isolated from each other by the element isolation insulating film, the first isolation diffusion layer, and the second isolation diffusion layer, wherein the step of forming the photoelectric conversion part includes the steps of implanting an impurity ion for forming the charge accumulation region in the well region surrounded by the first isolation diffusion layer and the second isolation diffusion layer and the projecting region of the first isolation diffusion layer; and thermally diffusing the impurity implanted in the well region by the step of ion implantation so that a part of the charge accumulation region corresponding to the boundary between the charge accumulation region and the second isolation diffusion layer is disposed under the projecting region and is abutted or disposed close to the second isolation diffusion layer.