A charge-coupled device capable of attaining excellent performance with a single-layer
gate electrode structure is obtained. This charge-coupled device, having a single-layer
gate electrode structure, comprises a gate insulator film formed on a semiconductor
substrate, a plurality of partitions, consisting of an insulator, formed on the
gate insulator film, and concave gate electrodes, arranged between adjacent ones
of the partitions, having side surfaces formed along side portions of the partitions.
Thus, when the partitions are formed with a width of not more than the minimum
critical dimension of lithography, the interval between the adjacent gate electrodes
is not more than the minimum critical dimension of lithography.