A driving method of a solid-state imaging apparatus including a plurality of pixels, each comprising: a photoelectric conversion portion (101, 203, 202); a carrier holding portion including a semiconductor region capable of accumulating signal carriers generated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and a control electrode arranged above the semiconductor region sandwiching an insulating film between the semiconductor region and the control electrode, such that the carrier holding unit holds the signal carriers generated in the photoelectric conversion portion; an amplifying portion; and a transfer portion having a transfer electrode for controlling an electrical connection between an input portion (103, 208) of the amplifying portion and the carrier holding portion, characterized in that the driving method comprises steps of: supplying the transfer electrode with a first voltage for turning off the electrical connection through the transfer portion, the first voltage being in a polarity opposite to a polarity of a voltage supplied to the transfer electrode during the turning on period of the transfer portion; supplying the transfer electrode with the first voltage and supplying the control electrode with a second voltage during a period of holding the signal carriers by the carrier holding portion, wherein the second voltage is in the same polarity as the first voltage and larger in absolute value than the first voltage, and the period of holding the signal carriers is between a first transfer of the signal carriers from the photoelectric conversion portion to the carrier holding portion and a second transfer of the signal carriers from the carrier holding portion to the amplifying portion, wherein the second transfer is caused by turning on the transfer portion. a photoelectric conversion portion (101, 203, 202); a carrier holding portion including a semiconductor region capable of accumulating signal carriers generated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and a control electrode arranged above the semiconductor region sandwiching an insulating film between the semiconductor region and the control electrode, such that the carrier holding unit holds the signal carriers generated in the photoelectric conversion portion; an amplifying portion; and a transfer portion having a transfer electrode for controlling an electrical connection between an input portion (103, 208) of the amplifying portion and the carrier holding portion, characterized in that the driving method comprises steps of: supplying the transfer electrode with a first voltage for turning off the electrical connection through the transfer portion, the first voltage being in a polarity opposite to a polarity of a voltage supplied to the transfer electrode during the turning on period of the transfer portion; supplying the transfer electrode with the first voltage and supplying the control electrode with a second voltage during a period of holding the signal carriers by the carrier holding portion, wherein the second voltage is in the same polarity as the first voltage and larger in absolute value than the first voltage, and the period of holding the signal carriers is between a first transfer of the signal carriers from the photoelectric conversion portion to the carrier holding portion and a second transfer of the signal carriers from the carrier holding portion to the amplifying portion, wherein the second transfer is caused by turning on the transfer portion. supplying the transfer electrode with a first voltage for turning off the electrical connection through the transfer portion, the first voltage being in a polarity opposite to a polarity of a voltage supplied to the transfer electrode during the turning on period of the transfer portion; supplying the transfer electrode with the first voltage and supplying the control electrode with a second voltage during a period of holding the signal carriers by the carrier holding portion, wherein the second voltage is in the same polarity as the first voltage and larger in absolute value than the first voltage, and the period of holding the signal carriers is between a first transfer of the signal carriers from the photoelectric conversion portion to the carrier holding portion and a second transfer of the signal carriers from the carrier holding portion to the amplifying portion, wherein the second transfer is caused by turning on the transfer portion.