Patent ID: 8497562

Claim:
A solid-state image pickup device comprising: a substrate; a transistor formed on the substrate; a lower insulating layer formed over the transistor; a photoelectric conversion element including a first electrode connected to a drain or a source of the transistor via a first contact hole formed in the lower insulating layer, a semiconductor layer stacked on the first electrode, and a second electrode stacked on the semiconductor layer, the first contact hole being formed in a region not overlapping with the semiconductor layer; an upper insulating layer disposed on the second electrode; and a bias line formed on the upper insulating layer to be connected to the second electrode, the upper insulating layer containing at least an inorganic insulating film, the bias line being connected to the second electrode via a contact hole formed in the upper insulating layer, and a side surface of the semiconductor layer being in contact with the inorganic insulating film, the semiconductor layer being a stacked layer of a plurality of semiconductor films including at least a P-type semiconductor film and an N-type semiconductor film, the first electrode being connected to the P-type semiconductor film, and the second electrode being connected to the N-type semiconductor film, wherein the bias line extends to overlap with the drain or the source of the transistor, further comprising a storage capacitor having an upper electrode formed from the bias line, and a lower electrode formed from the first electrode.