Patent ID: 7952627
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state image capturing apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in two dimensions; and a readout signal line for reading out a signal charge from each pixel in each pixel row, the readout signal line being provided for each pixel line, wherein each pixel has a circuit structure including a photoelectric conversion element for performing a photoelectric conversion on an incident light, a signal charge accumulation section for accumulating the signal charge obtained by the photoelectric conversion, a transfer transistor for transferring the signal charge from the photoelectric conversion element to the signal charge accumulation section, a reset transistor for resetting an electric potential of the signal charge accumulation section to a reference voltage, and an amplifying transistor for amplifying the electric potential of the signal charge accumulation section to readout the electric potential in the readout signal line, in which a source side is connected to the readout signal line and a gate is connected to the signal charge accumulation section, wherein the solid-state image capturing apparatus further comprises: