Patent ID: 8797437

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a light receiving section where M×N pixel units P 1,1 to P M,N each including a photodiode that generates charge of an amount according to an incident light amount, a charge accumulating section in which the charge is accumulated, a first switch for outputting data corresponding to an accumulated charge amount in the charge accumulating section, and a second switch for outputting data corresponding to the accumulated charge amount in the charge accumulating section are two-dimensionally arrayed in M rows and N columns; a first row selecting section which selects any m 1 -th row in the light receiving section, and outputs a control signal to each pixel unit P m1,n of the m 1 -th row, thereby discharging a junction capacitance section of the photodiode, accumulating the charge generated in the photodiode in the charge accumulating section, and outputting data corresponding to the accumulated charge amount in the charge accumulating section to a readout signal line L 1 n by closing the first switch; a second row selecting section which selects any m 2 -th row different from the m 1 -th row in the light receiving section, and outputs a control signal to each pixel unit P m2,n of the m 2 -th row, thereby discharging a junction capacitance section of the photodiode, accumulating the charge generated in the photodiode in the charge accumulating section, and outputting data corresponding to the accumulated charge amount in the charge accumulating section to a readout signal line L 2 n by closing the second switch; a first readout section which is connected to N readout signal lines L 1 1 to L 1 N , for which data output from each pixel unit P m1,n of the m 1 -th row in the light receiving section selected by the first row selecting section to the readout signal line L 1 n , is input thereto, and from which data corresponding to an amount of the charge generated in the photodiode of each pixel unit P m1,n of the m 1 -th row is output; and a second readout section which is connected to N readout signal lines L 2 1 to L 2 N , for which data output from each pixel unit P m2,n of the m 2 -th row in the light receiving section selected by the second row selecting section to the readout signal line L 2 n is input thereto, and from which data corresponding to an amount of the charge generated in the photodiode of each pixel unit P m2,n of the m 2 -th row is output, wherein any m 3 -th row in the light receiving section is selected, and a control signal is output to each pixel unit P m,3,n of the m 3 -th row, thereby discharging a junction capacitance section of the photodiode, and the first row selecting section and the first readout section, and the second row selecting section and the second readout section operate in parallel with each other (provided that M and N are integers not less than 2, m 1 and m 2 are integers not less than 1 and not more than M, m 3 is an integer not less than 1 and not more than M, and n is an integer not less than 1 and not more than N).