Patent ID: 7755091

Claim:
A solid state image pickup device comprising: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type having a light reception region defined in said semiconductor substrate; a well of a second conductivity type opposite to said first conductivity type, said well being formed in said semiconductor substrate; a plurality of charge accumulation regions of said first conductivity type disposed in said well in said light reception region in a matrix shape, said charge accumulation region storing signal charges generated in correspondence to an amount of incidence light; a vertical transfer channel of said first conductivity type disposed in said well in said light reception region along each column of said charge accumulation regions disposed in said matrix shape, said vertical transfer channel transferring signal charges accumulated in and read from said charge accumulation regions along a column direction; a light shielding film formed above a surface of said semiconductor substrate in an area including said light reception region; and a horizontal transfer channel of said first conductivity type formed in said well and connected to ends of said vertical transfer channels, said horizontal transfer channel transferring said signal charges transferred from said vertical transfer channels along a row direction, wherein said light reception region comprises: a first region in which an opening is formed through said light shielding film above each of said charge accumulation regions; a second region in which an opening is not formed through said upper light shielding film; and a third region defined between said first and second regions along the column direction of said charge accumulation regions, said third region not having at least partially said well and not having an opening formed through said upper light shielding film.