Patent ID: 8760548

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an optical unit that condenses light; and a solid-state imaging device that receives the light condensed by the optical unit, wherein, (a) the solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, plural photoelectric conversion units formed side by side on the semiconductor substrate to form a light receiving unit, a peripheral circuit formed in a portion on an outside of the light receiving unit on the semiconductor substrate, a wiring section formed on the light receiving unit and formed for connecting the plural photoelectric conversion units and the peripheral circuits, and a dummy wiring section formed on an opposite side of the wiring section for at least one photoelectric conversion unit among the plural photoelectric conversion units on the light receiving unit and formed for functioning as a non-connected wiring section not connected to the photoelectric conversion units and the peripheral circuit, and (b) the dummy wiring section is held to a predetermined potential.