Solid-state image pickup device with optimum layout of building components around a photoelectric conversion portion

A solid-state image pickup apparatus comprising:

• photoelectric conversion sections arranged in a plurality of lines;
• a semiconductor area to which a signal from at least one of said photoelectric conversion sections is transferred;
• a transfer electrode which transfers the signal from the photoelectric conversion section to said semiconductor area;
• an amplification element which amplifies the signal in said semiconductor area to output the amplified signal to an output line;
• a selection electrode provided in series with said amplification element, which selects said amplification element and reads out the signal from said selected amplification element;
• a reset electrode which supplies a predetermined electric potential to said semiconductor area;
• a transfer control line which sends a pulse to said transfer electrode;
• and
• a selection control line which sends a pulse to said selection electrode;
• wherein said transfer control line and said selection control line are arranged between the photoelectric conversion sections of n-th and (n+1)-th lines, wherein n is an integer greater than one,
• wherein said transfer control line sends the pulse to said transfer electrode of a photoelectric conversion section of the n-th line, and
• wherein said selection control line sends the pulse to said selection electrode of a photoelectric conversion section of the (n+1)-th line.