Patent ID: 8264582

Claim:
A solid-state image capturing apparatus, comprising: a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in two dimensions; and a read-out signal line disposed for each pixel column of the plurality of pixels for reading out a signal charge from each of the pixels in each pixel column, wherein each of the pixels is configured to include: a photoelectric conversion element for photoelectrically converting incident light; a signal charge accumulation section for accumulating a signal charge obtained by the photoelectric conversion; a transferring transistor for transferring the signal charge from the photoelectric conversion element to the signal charge accumulation section; a reset transistor for resetting an electric potential of the signal charge accumulation section to a reference voltage; and an amplifying transistor for amplifying and reading out the electric potential of the signal charge accumulation section to the read-out signal line, wherein a voltage supplying section supplies a voltage greater than an absolute value of a power supply voltage to the reset transistor of the pixel array, as a driving voltage thereof, so that the reset transistor sets the absolute value of the reference voltage, which is the electric potential of the signal charge accumulation section, to be greater than the absolute value of the power supply voltage, and wherein the reset transistor includes: a drain which is connected with reset drain wiring; and a source which is connected with the signal charge accumulation section; and the voltage supplying section includes: a wiring driver for driving the reset drain wiring; and a first boosting circuit for supplying a boosted voltage to the wiring driver, the boosted voltage being obtained by boosting the power supply voltage.