Patent ID: 8017983

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a plurality of photodiodes for performing optical-electrical conversion, each of the photodiodes being two-dimensionally arranged in row and column directions on a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of transfer gates for transferring a signal electric charge obtained from performing the optical-electrical conversion, each of the transfer gates being provided on the semiconductor substrate for a corresponding one of the photodiodes; a plurality of floating diffusion layers for temporarily storing the transferred signal electric charge, each of the floating diffusion layers being provided for at least one of the corresponding photodiodes and at least one of the corresponding transfer gates; an amplifier transistor for amplifying the signal electric charge supplied to a gate thereof; the amplifier transistor being provided on the semiconductor substrate; a reset transistor for resetting the signal electric charge stored in the floating diffusion layer, the reset transistor being provided on the semiconductor substrate; and a vertical signal line for outputting a signal corresponding to the signal electric charge in the floating diffusion layer; a first contact provided on the floating diffusion layer so as to connect the floating diffusion layer and a gate of the amplifier transistor; and a second contact provided on a gate of the amplifier transistor so as to connect the floating diffusion layer and the gate of the amplifier transistor, wherein a gate of the amplifier transistor is connected in the column direction at least one of the plurality of floating diffusion layers, the gate of the amplifier transistor and the floating diffusion layer connected thereto are formed in different active regions respectively, and the first contact and the second contact are aligned in the column direction.