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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid-state image pickup element which can efficiently converge incident light in an optical sensor and can eliminate light shielding for other places than the optical sensor, and also to provide an imaging device using the same. SOLUTION: In a pixel section 16, the optical sensor 6, and a liquid crystal lens 30 which controls the refracting direction of the light incident into the optical sensor 6 by means of an applied voltage are disposed in this order in the light progressing direction. A top electrode applied with the applied voltage is split into electrodes 10a and 10b. By applying different voltages to the electrodes 10a and 10b of the top electrode, a tilting angle of a liquid crystal molecule is changed, thereby controlling the light incidence to the optical sensor section 6. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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