Patent ID: 9185320
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a pixel array unit composed of pixels including photoelectric conversion elements which are arranged in a matrix; a pixel drive unit configured to perform a row selection operation of simultaneously selecting plural rows when a row is selected in accordance with an address signal for respective pixels in the pixel array unit in a read period where signals are read out from the pixels, wherein the pixel drive unit performs, in a current read period, the row selection operation on reset rows where a reset of the pixels is conducted in a next read period, and an analog-to-digital (AD) converter configured to sequentially digitize analog reset levels and signal levels read out from the pixels, wherein the pixel drive unit performs the row selection operation on the reset rows in a settling period of an analog circuit configured to process the signals read out from the pixels and an AD conversion period for the signal levels.