Patent ID: 9363453
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a selection circuit configured to perform a transition from a discharge state to an electronic shutter state; a reset transistor that is controllable to provide an electrical connection and disconnection between a power source line and a floating diffusion, a gate electrode of the reset transistor is configured to receive a reset gate control signal from the selection circuit; and a transfer transistor that is controllable to provide an electrical connection and disconnection between a photoelectric conversion device and the floating diffusion, a gate electrode of the transfer transistor is configured to receive a transfer gate control signal from the selection circuit, wherein a middle voltage is lower than a first level voltage, a second level voltage is lower than the middle voltage, wherein during the discharge state, the reset gate control signal is at the first level voltage and the transfer gate control signal is at the middle voltage, wherein during the electronic shutter state, the reset gate control signal is at the first level voltage and the transfer gate control signal transitions between the first level voltage and the second level voltage, and wherein the reset gate control signal is fixed at the first level voltage throughout the transition from the discharge state to the electronic shutter state.