A solid state imaging device includes: an imaging region formed in an
upper part of a substrate made of silicon to have a photoelectric
conversion portion, a charge accumulation region of the photoelectric
conversion portion being of a first conductivity type; a device isolation
region formed in at least a part of the substrate to surround the
photoelectric conversion portion; and a MOS transistor formed on a part
of the imaging region electrically isolated from the photoelectric
conversion region by the device isolation region. The width of the device
isolation region is smaller in its lower part than in its upper part, and
the solid state imaging device further includes a dark current
suppression region surrounding the device isolation region and being of a
second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type.