Patent ID: 7233049

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of light receiving portions arranged in a first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction; a plurality of transfer channels placed between said respective light receiving portions and extending in said second direction; a first transfer electrode, a second transfer electrode, and a third transfer electrode placed repeatedly in the same plane on said respective transfer channels; an inter-pixel interconnection placed in the same plane as said first transfer electrode and connected to a plurality of said first transfer electrodes arranged in said first direction; an second transfer electrode drive interconnection extending in said first direction above said first transfer electrode and said inter-pixel interconnection, and respectively connected to a plurality of said second transfer electrodes arranged in said first direction; and a third transfer electrode drive interconnection extending in said second direction above said first, second and third transfer electrodes and respectively connected to said third transfer electrode arranged in said second direction.