Patent ID: 9237287
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of driving a solid-state imaging device comprising: converting light incident upon a photoelectric conversion portion into electric charge and accumulating the electric charge; securing, by a signal generating circuit, a first signal line of a plurality of signal lines at a constant voltage, the first signal line having a terminal circuit connected at the other end of the first signal line, wherein the terminal circuit includes a first and a second control transistor, and an inverter circuit arranged in front of the second control transistor; and after the securing and while the first signal line remains secured, inputting a desired signal from the signal generating circuit to an adjacent signal line of the plurality of signal lines, the desired signal being input at an end that is opposite from the terminal circuit, the adjacent signal line being directly adjacent to the first signal line and the adjacent signal line provided for transferring a signal charge from a driver circuit connected to one side of the adjacent signal line such that only address signals output by the signal generating circuit are to the terminal circuit.