Patent ID: 8841714

Claim:
A solid state imaging device comprising: a photoelectric conversion portion having a plurality of photosensitive regions which generate respective charges according to incidence of light and a planar shape of each of which is a substantially rectangular shape composed of two long sides and two short sides, the photosensitive regions being juxtaposed in a first direction intersecting with the long sides; a potential gradient forming portion having an electroconductive member arranged opposite to the plurality of photosensitive regions, and forming a potential gradient becoming higher along a second direction from one of the short sides to the other of the short sides of the photosensitive regions; and a charge output portion which acquires the charges transferred from the respective photosensitive regions and which transfers the charges in the first direction to output the charges, wherein the electroconductive member includes a first region extending in the second direction between two ends in the second direction and having a first electric resistivity, and a second region extending in the second direction between the two ends and having a second electric resistivity smaller than the first electric resistivity.