Patent ID: 8358362

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a light receiving unit having at least one set of photoelectric conversion units, each set comprising plural photoelectric conversion units formed side by side in a first direction on the semiconductor substrate; a peripheral circuit outside of the light receiving unit on the semiconductor substrate; a wiring section, the wiring section comprising a wiring structure per photoelectric conversion unit, each wiring structure at one side in the first direction of its respective photoelectric conversion unit; and a dummy wiring section, the dummy wiring section comprising a dummy wiring structure per photoelectric conversion unit, each dummy wiring structure at an opposite side in the first direction of its respective photoelectric conversion unit, wherein, each wiring structure and each dummy wiring structure of at least one set extend in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, in operation, the dummy wiring section has a predetermined potential, and no dummy wiring structure is electrically connected to a photoelectric conversion unit or the peripheral circuit.