A step for etching a wiring-structure layer and the like on a light-receiving part of a light detector and forming an apertured part is simplified. A silicon nitride film 86 is formed on a semiconductor substrate 60 by CVD or the like, and a layered structure 88 that has the wiring-structure layer is then formed. A photoresist film 122 having an aperture above the light-receiving part is formed on the layered structure 88, and the layered structure 88 is etched using the photoresist layer as an etching mask. The type of etching and the conditions under which the etching is performed are such that the etching selectivity of the interlayer insulating film with respect to a silicon nitride film will be maintained. In the etching process, the silicon nitride film 86 functions as an etching stopper. The silicon nitride film 86 that has been exposed at a bottom part of the apertured part 116 constitutes an antireflective film.