Image pickup device and method of arranging image pickup element

A method of arranging an image pickup device, the method comprising the steps of:

• designing an image pickup apparatus which includes an optical system including a lens or a reflecting mirror, an image pickup device having a light-receiving surface on which a light ray from the optical system is focused and a plurality of light-receiving pixels which generate charges on the light-receiving surface by the light ray, a bias voltage generation unit which supplies power to the image pickup device, a signal processing unit which processes a signal output from the image pickup device and outputs the processed signal as image data, and a control unit which inputs into the image pickup device a driving clock that controls transmission of the charges generated in the light-receiving pixels of the image pickup device;
• calculating distortion aberration through simulation using an optical model at the time of designing;
• determining a shape used to eliminate the calculated distortion aberration;
• and
• producing the image pickup device in the determined shape and disposing the image pickup device at a position on which light rays from the optical system are focused.