Patent ID: 8525911
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of common pixel sections arranged in a matrix form so that pixel signals of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in the same row can be output; a plurality of column signal lines associated with columns of the plurality of common pixel sections to which the plurality of common pixel sections in the columns are alternately connected; a first selector adapted to select one of the plurality of column signal lines; a first column section supplied with a pixel signal from the one column signal line selected by the first selector; a second selector adapted to select the other of the plurality of column signal lines; a second column section supplied with a pixel signal from the other column signal line selected by the second selector; a plurality of row address lines used to select some of the photoelectric conversion elements in each row; and a scan section that allows for the pixel signals of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to be output through addressing adapted to select the plurality of row address lines one at a time in sequence, wherein the plurality of row address lines are connected to the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in the same row in each of the common pixel sections so that the scan section can individually select the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in the same row in each of the common pixel sections during addressing, the first and second selectors select the different column signal lines of the plurality of column signal lines in each column in sequence every scan period during which the scan section performs addressing adapted to select the plurality of row address lines one at a time in sequence, and the first and second column sections perform, during a plurality of scan periods, calculations of the pixel signals of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements output from the two shared pixel sections arranged adjacent to each other in the row direction and connected to the different column signal lines.