Patent ID: 7671912

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: an imaging area having a plurality of unit cells in a two-dimensional array, each unit cell of the plurality of unit cells including a group of a predetermined number of pixels; a plurality of signal lines to select the pixels including a full-face signal line and a reset signal line, wherein each unit cell includes a plurality of photoelectric converters corresponding to the pixels; an amplifying unit shared by the pixels to amplify a signal readout from each photoelectric converter and output an amplified readout signal; and a supply element to supply the readout signal to the amplifying unit, wherein, the signal line used to drive the amplifying unit is the full-face signal line shared by the pixels and driving the full-face signal line allows the signal to be read out from each pixel, and the full-face signal line surrounds each of the plurality of unit cells, serves as a light shielding film, and has an opening corresponding to a light receiving surface for every pixel.