Patent ID: 7935563

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging device comprising the steps of: providing on one side of a light-receiving sensor portion constituting a pixel an electrode for reading a signal charge from said light-receiving sensor portion, forming a light-shielding film covering an image pickup area except said light-receiving sensor portion, to which a predetermined voltage signal is applied; and forming a second-conductivity-type semiconductor area in the center on the surface of a first-conductivity-type semiconductor area constituting a photoelectric conversion area of said light-receiving sensor portion, wherein, after said first-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed, said second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed in the center on the surface of said first-conductivity-type semiconductor area, and an area containing a lower impurity concentration than that of said second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed at the end on the side of said electrode and at the opposite end on the side of a pixel-separation area, on the surface of said first-conductivity-type semiconductor area, and when forming said second-conductivity-type semiconductor area and said area containing a lower impurity concentration than that of said second-conductivity-type semiconductor area, the ion implantation toward the end on the side of said electrode is performed separately from the ion implantation toward the opposite end on the side of the pixel-separation area.