Patent ID: 7105867

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: light-receiving sensors for photoelectric-converting a light incident on the surface portion of a substrate; a charge transfer portion for transferring signal charges from said light-receiving sensors; a first insulating film on said substrate; first polysilicon transfer electrodes and second polysilicon transfer electrodes, said first and second polysilicon transfer electrodes being formed on and in contact with said first insulating film approximately above said charge transfer portion, an end portion for one of said second polysilicon transfer electrodes overlapping one of said first polysilicon transfer electrodes, another end portion for said one of said second polysilicon transfer electrodes overlapping another of said first polysilicon transfer electrodes; a second insulating film on said first and second polysilicon transfer electrodes; a contact-hole through said second insulating film to expose said another of said second polysilicon transfer electrodes; a polycrystalline silicon layer, a portion of said polycrystalline silicon layer being on and in contact with said second insulating film and another portion of said polycrystalline silicon layer being through said contact-hole to contact with said another of said second polysilicon transfer electrodes, said polycrystalline silicon layer being insulated from said one of said first polysilicon transfer electrodes and from said another of said first polysilicon transfer electrodes; a metal silicide layer on and in contact with said polycrystalline silicon layer; a third insulating film on and in contact with said metal silicide layer; an opening through said third insulating film to expose said metal silicide layer, said opening being above said one of said second polysilicon transfer electrodes; and a shunt interconnection layer, a portion of said shunt interconnection layer being on and in contact with said third insulating film, another portion of said shunt interconnection layer contacting said metal silicide layer through said opening, said metal silicide layer and said shunt interconnection layer being of the same material, wherein a phase clock signal is applied to said polycrystalline silicon layer through said shunt interconnection layer.