Patent ID: 7369170

Claim:
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converting element, a transmitting element connected to a common transmission control signal line, a selecting element connected to a common selection control signal line, and a resetting element connected to a common reset control signal line, wherein after the resetting element of a pixel selected by the selecting element resets a detecting unit connected to the pixel, the transmitting element of the pixel transmits to the detecting unit, an electric charge accumulated after photoelectric conversion performed by the photoelectric converting element of the pixel wherein, a first end of the transmission control signal line is connected to a driving unit, and a second end is connected to a hold circuit, wherein the second end of the transmission control signal line is set at any one of a ground potential and a negative potential at a time from among at least one of a time when the potential of the selection control signal line changes from a potential when the pixel is not selected to a potential when the pixel is selected, and a time when the potential of the reset control signal line changes from a potential when the detecting unit is not reset to a potential when the detecting unit is reset, and the hold circuit provides control to set the second end of the transmission control signal line to an open state, at a time when the driving unit sets the potential of the transmission control signal line to a charge-transmitting potential.