Patent ID: 8154639

Claim:
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit for generating a pixel signal by photoelectric conversion; a pulse generator circuit for generating a sampling pulse; a holding circuit including first and second holding units for holding the pixel signal according to the sampling pulse; and a horizontal scanning circuit for outputting, to a horizontal common output lines, the pixel signal held by the holding circuit, wherein a horizontal scanning period starts from outputting a first one of the pixel signals from the holding circuit to the horizontal scanning circuit until an end of the outputting a last one of the pixel signals during the horizontal scanning period, while the pixel signal is written in the first holding unit, the horizontal scanning circuits outputs, to the horizontal common output lines, the other pixel signal held by the second holding unit, and a transition time of an edge of the sampling pulse during the horizontal scanning period is set to be longer than a transition time of the edge of the sampling pulse during a time period except for the horizontal scanning period.