| CPC H01L 27/1464 (2013.01) [H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14636 (2013.01); H01L 27/14689 (2013.01); H01L 25/0652 (2013.01); H01L 25/071 (2013.01); H01L 25/112 (2013.01)] | 32 Claims | 

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               1. A backside-illumination solid-state image pickup apparatus comprising: 
            a first semiconductor element having an image pickup element that generates a pixel signal of each pixel; 
                a second semiconductor element and a third semiconductor element that are smaller than the first semiconductor element, the second semiconductor element and the third semiconductor element having signal processing circuits that are embedded therein by using embedment members and that are necessary for signal processing of the pixel signal; and 
                a communication wire that electrically connects the second semiconductor element and the third semiconductor element. 
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