Patent ID: 8427568

Claim:
A solid-state image pickup device, comprising: a pixel, the pixel including: a light receiving section configured to generate and accumulate a signal charge corresponding to an amount of incident light, the light receiving section being formed on a light incidence side of a substrate; a charge transfer path configured to transfer the signal charge read out from said light receiving section, the charge transfer path being formed on one side of said light receiving section; a transfer electrode formed of a light shielding material above the substrate in which said charge transfer path is formed and configured to transfer the signal charge within said charge transfer path; a readout gate section configured to perform an operation of reading out the signal charge formed in said light receiving section, the readout gate section being formed between said light receiving section and said charge transfer path; and a readout electrode formed of a light shielding material above the substrate in which said readout gate section is formed and configured to make said readout gate section perform the readout operation, the readout electrode: (1) being formed independently of said transfer electrode in a same single layer as said transfer electrode, and (2) being connected to a wiring layer formed above said readout electrode via a contact part, the wiring layer formed so as to cover said readout electrode and said transfer electrode.