Patent ID: 8334498

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a substrate; a substrate voltage supply applying a first potential to the substrate during a light receiving period including first and second exposure periods different from each other and applying a second potential to the substrate during a no-light receiving period; and a plurality of pixels each including a light receiving portion formed on a front surface side of the substrate and generating a signal charge in accordance with received light, a storage capacitor formed adjacent to the light receiving portion so that the signal charge generated in the light receiving portion is transmitted thereto and is stored and held therein when the first potential is applied to the substrate, dark current suppressing portions formed in the light receiving portion and the storage capacitor, an electronic shutter adjusting layer formed in a region facing the light receiving portion in the substrate and distant from the storage capacitor by a predetermined offset region, and adjusting a potential distribution of the substrate so that the signal charge generated in the light receiving portion is swept toward a rear surface side of the substrate when the second potential is applied to the substrate, a reading gate portion reading the signal charge stored in the storage capacitor after the first and second exposure periods, and a vertical transmission register transmitting the signal charge read by the reading gate portion in the vertical direction.