Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus having a solid-state imaging device

An electronic apparatus comprising:

• an optical lens;
• a solid-state imaging device that includes a substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion units that are formed on the substrate and that generate signal charge in correspondence with an amount of incident light, and
• a transparent electrode that is formed in direct contact with an upper portion of the substrate, the transparent electrode comprising a first area formed from a nano carbon material and a second area that has a light transmittance that is higher than a light transmittance of the first area,
• wherein the second area includes a plurality of openings within the first area,
• wherein the plurality of openings are distributed within the first area in at least two dimensions, wherein the transparent electrode extends in at least two dimensions, and wherein light collected by the optical lens is incident on the solid:
• state imaging device;
• and
• a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal output from the solid-state imaging device.

An electronic apparatus comprising:

• an optical lens;
• a solid-state imaging device that includes a substrate and a plurality of photoelectric conversion units that are formed on the substrate and that generate signal charge in correspondence with an amount of incident light;
• an aperture diaphragm that is formed in an optical path between the optical lens and the solid-state imaging device, adjusts light beams transmitted from the optical lens, and is configured by a dimming control reacting material layer of which transmittance changes based on an applied voltage and first and second transparent electrodes that hold the dimming control reacting material layer therebetween,
• wherein the first and second transparent electrodes are in direct contact with an upper portion of the substrate;
• and
• a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal output from the solid-state imaging device,
• wherein at least one transparent electrode of the first and second transparent electrode has a first area that is formed from a nano carbon material and that has a plurality of openings formed within the first area,
• wherein the plurality of openings are distributed within two dimensions, and wherein the at least one transparent electrode extends across the plurality of photoelectric conversion units.

An electronic apparatus comprising:

• an optical lens;
• a solid-state imaging device that includes a substrate and a plurality of photoelectric conversion units that are formed on the substrate and that generate signal charge in correspondence with an amount of incident light;
• a shutter device that is formed in an optical path between the optical lens and the solid-state imaging device, controls an exposure time toward the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, and is configured by a dimming control reacting material layer of which transmittance changes based on an applied voltage and first and second transparent electrodes that hold the dimming control reacting material layer therebetween, wherein the first and second transparent electrodes are in direct contact with an upper portion of the substrate;
• and
• a signal processing circuit that processes an output signal output from the solid-state imaging device,
• wherein at least one transparent electrode of the first and second transparent electrode has a first area that is formed from a nano carbon material and that has a plurality of openings formed within the first area, wherein the plurality of openings are distributed within two dimensions, and wherein the at least one transparent electrode extends across the plurality of photoelectric conversion units.