Patent ID: 8120686

Claim:
A solid-state image pickup apparatus that includes a plurality of cells, each cell including at least a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, an amplifying MOS transistor for amplifying a signal corresponding to an electric charge of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and outputting an amplified signal, and a reset MOS transistor for supplying a reference voltage to the amplifying MOS transistor so as to set a potential of a gate electrode of the amplifying MOS transistor to a reference potential, the solid-state image pickup apparatus comprising: a first antireflection coating film that is formed on a light-receiving surface of a first photoelectric conversion element and is configured to suppress reflection of light at an interface between the first photoelectric conversion element and an interlayer insulation film; and a second antireflection coating film that is formed on a light-receiving surface of a second photoelectric conversion element and is configured to suppress reflection of light at an interface between the second photoelectric conversion element and an interlayer insulation film, and wherein a total length of first photoelectric conversion element facing portions of gate lines of an amplifying MOS transistor and a reset MOS transistor, which are disposed on an element isolation region adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion element, is shorter than a total length of second photoelectric conversion element facing portions of gate lines of the amplifying MOS transistor and the reset MOS transistor, which are disposed on an element isolation region adjacent to the second photoelectric conversion element, and wherein an area of the first antireflection coating film is larger than that of the second antireflection coating film.