Patent ID: 8766340

Claim:
A solid-state imaging apparatus, comprising: a first region in which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element are arranged; a second region including a peripheral circuit for readout from said plurality of pixels; each of said pixels having an interlayer lens arranged above said photoelectric conversion element; a color filter arranged above said interlayer lens; a lens arranged above said color filter; metal wiring layers arranged in said first region and said second region; and an insulating film, wherein a number of said metal wiring layers arranged in said first region is smaller than a number of said metal wiring layers arranged in said second region, an upper face and a lower face of said interlayer lens are provided between a height of an upper face of a first wiring layer of said metal wiring layers in said second region and a height of a lower face of a second wiring layer of said metal wiring layers in said second region, and provided within said first region, and said second wiring layer of said metal wiring layers in said second region is one layer above said first wiring layer of said metal wiring layers in said second region, and said insulating film is arranged between said upper face of said first wiring layer of said metal wiring layers in said second region and a lower face of said second wiring layer of said metal wiring layers in said second region, and is extended from said second region to said first region.