Patent ID: 8605212

Claim:
A solid-state image sensing device comprising: a solid-state image sensing element having a main face provided with an imaging region in which unit pixels containing photoelectric conversion elements are formed in matrix; and a signal processing element having a main face provided with a circuit configured to perform signal processing of an image output of the solid-state image sensing element, wherein the solid-state image sensing element and the signal processing element are mounted by being stacked, and an electric pathway to the solid-state image sensing element is formed in the region where the signal processing element is mounted to the solid-state image sensing element, input/output between the signal processing element and an outside of the solid-state image sensing device is performed via the electric pathway, and an internal circuit and an input/output terminal of the solid-state image sensing element, the solid-state image sensing element is supplied with a plurality of types of power, a type of power having a lowest voltage among the plurality of types of power supplied to the solid-state image sensing element is supplied to the signal processing element via the electric pathway, and the solid-state image sensing element includes a protection circuit implemented with a high voltage transistor.