Patent ID: 8922687
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns above a semiconductor substrate; a row scanning unit configured to generate a row reset signal; and an inverting amplifier formed for each column, wherein each of the pixels has a reset transistor, a selection transistor, an amplification transistor, and a photoelectric conversion unit, the photoelectric conversion unit has a photoelectric conversion film which performs photoelectric conversion, a pixel electrode formed on a surface of the photoelectric conversion film that faces the semiconductor substrate, and a transparent electrode formed on a surface of the photoelectric conversion film that is opposite to the pixel electrode, the amplification transistor has a gate connected to the pixel electrode, and outputs a signal voltage according to a potential of the pixel electrode to a column signal line via the selection transistor, the row scanning unit is configured to supply the row reset signal to a gate of the reset transistor, and an amplitude of the row reset signal is smaller than at least one of (a) a maximum voltage applied to a drain of the amplification transistor, (b) a maximum voltage applied to a gate of the selection transistor, (c) a power source voltage applied to the inverting amplifier, and (d) a maximum voltage applied to the transparent electrode.