Patent ID: 7759709

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device, comprising: an imaging region including a plurality of light-receiving parts for converting incident light into signals; a first transfer section provided on the imaging region and transferring, in a first direction, the signals generated by the light-receiving parts; a second transfer section provided at a first side of the imaging region in the first direction and transferring, in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the signals transferred from the first transfer section; an output circuit for outputting the signals transferred from the second transfer section; and a plurality of bonding pads provided at the first side of the imaging region with the second transfer section sandwiched between the imaging region and the bonding pads, wherein the bonding pads are arranged in a plurality of rows each extending in the second direction, and each of the bonding pads in one of the rows at least partially overlaps one of the bonding pads in another one of the rows when viewed in the first direction.