Patent ID: 6037979
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device, comprising:a plurality of pixels each formed of only a single pixel transistor for storing signal charges generated by photo-electric conversion, each of said pixel transistors comprising a control electrode connected to a vertical scanning line, and each pixel transistor being connected between a voltage source and a vertical signal line;a capacitor connected between said vertical signal line and a fixed potential;a single reset switch only for each vertical signal line for simultaneously resetting both a potential of said vertical signal line and for resetting said capacitor to a reset potential with only said single reset switch;a connection switch for controlling a connection between one of said pixel transistors and said capacitor so said potential of said capacitor has a same potential as a channel potential of the pixel transistor selected; andsaid single reset switch having one end of its channel connected to the vertical signal line between said connection switch and said pixel transistors, the other end of its channel connected to a reset bias voltage, and its gate connected to a reset pulse.