Patent ID: 9313435
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: H03M,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for driving a solid-state image pickup device comprising a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixel units which are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, the plurality of pixel units including a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit, a first column signal line corresponding to the first pixel unit, a second column pixel line corresponding to the second pixel unit, a first comparator, a second comparator, and switching circuitry, the method comprising: connecting, by the switching circuitry, the first column signal line to the first comparator and the second comparator selectively and the second column signal line to the first comparator and the second comparator selectively; and comparing, by the first comparator and the second comparator, analog signals output from the pixel units to a reference signal, wherein the first comparator is adjacent to the second comparator, wherein the switching circuitry is directly connected to the first column signal line, the second column signal line, the first comparator, and the second comparator.