Patent ID: 6784934
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An active type solid-state imaging device, comprising:a plurality of pixels arranged in an array; a plurality of signal lines wherein each of the pixels is connected to one of the signal lines; a first power source; and a second power source having a lower voltage than that of the first power source, each of the pixels comprising: a photoelectric conversion section; a second, reset MOS transistor for resetting a signal charge which has been stored in the photoelectric conversion section; and a third, pixel selection MOS transistor serially connected to the first MOS transistor to form a transistor pair, wherein: one end of the transistor pair is connected to one of the signal lines and the other end thereof is connected to the first power source; and one end of the second MOS transistor is connected to the photoelectric conversion section and the other end thereof is connected to the second power source; and wherein: the second MOS transistor and the third MOS transistor are of a depletion type.