Patent ID: 8653466
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: A61B,H01L,H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a light receiving unit that includes M×N (M and N are integers equal to or greater than 2) pixels which are two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix of M rows and N columns and each of which includes a photodiode; a plurality of signal output units that is provided in association with a plurality of column groups, respectively, wherein the column groups are divided from the N columns and each of the column groups includes two or more columns; and a vertical shift register that controls charge outputs from the pixels on row by row basis, wherein each of the plurality of signal output units includes: the solid-state imaging device further includes: a second input terminal electrode group that is provided separately from the first input terminal electrode group and includes a plurality of terminal electrodes for receiving the reset signal, the hold signal, the horizontal start signal, and the horizontal clock signal, respectively; input switches that are provided in each signal output unit in order to switch an electrode group which is connects with the integrating circuits, the holding circuits, and the horizontal shift register, between the first and second input terminal electrode groups; a second output terminal electrode that is provided separately from the first output terminal electrode and provides the output signals; an input signal line that is provided across the plurality of signal output units in order to connect the input switches in each signal output unit with the second input terminal electrode group (except for a terminal electrode for the horizontal start signal); and an output signal line that is provided across the plurality of signal output units in order to connect the holding circuits in each signal output unit with the second output terminal electrode.