Patent ID: 7742092
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: an imaging region with an plurality of imaging pixels arranged in rows and columns; a plurality of vertical signal lines respectively associated with the columns of the imaging pixels; a horizontal signal line; a plurality of amplifier units respectively associated with the vertical signal lines and positioned between their respective vertical signal lines and the horizontal signal line, the amplifier units receiving as inputs imaging signals transferred to them via the vertical signal lines, the amplifier units producing as an output pixel signals which can be transferred to the horizontal signal line; a plurality of switching units respectively associated with the amplifier units; a vertical selecting circuit operatively associated with the imaging pixels and the vertical signal lines and capable of selectively effecting transfer of imaging signals from the imaging pixels along a selected row to their respective vertical signal lines; a horizontal selecting circuit operatively associated with the amplifier units and the horizontal signal line and capable of effecting transfer of pixel signals from the amplifier units to the horizontal signal line; and a predetermined voltage source with a predetermined voltage, wherein,