Patent ID: 7812874

Claim:
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: a substrate with oppositely facing first and second surfaces, said substrate of sufficient thickness to allow light incident on said first surface to pass therethrough; a plurality of sensors arranged in rows and columns in said second surface of said substrate, each sensor being a pixel of said imaging apparatus and able to photoelectrically convert the light passing through said substrate into electrical signals; a gate insulating film on said second surface of said substrate; an interlayer insulating film on said gate insulating film; a read out circuit comprised of signal transfer transistors with gates on one side of said gate insulating film and drains and sources on an opposite side of said gate insulating film, said drains and sources positioned in said second surface of said substrate and sharing an active region which extends in a row direction between the sensors; and wiring elements in said interlayer insulating film and connected to said signal transfer elements, wherein, the wiring elements include a power supply line that extends in the row direction on the readout circuit.