Patent ID: 7626622

Claim:
A solid state image pickup device for obtaining a two-dimensional image, comprising: a plurality of pixel units that are arranged two-dimensionally and each includes a photoelectric conversion unit operable to convert incident light into a charge and an amplification unit operable to convert the charge into a voltage and output the voltage; a plurality of noise signal removal units each provided for a column associated with a pixel and operable to remove a noise contained in the voltage outputted from the amplification unit of each of said pixel units corresponding to the column; and a plurality of column amplification units operable to amplify the voltage outputted from the amplification unit of each of said pixel units corresponding to the column and output the amplified voltage to each of said noise signal removal units corresponding to the column; and a boosting voltage application unit operable to apply, to a load circuit that each of said column amplification units has, a power supply voltage and a boosting voltage higher than the power supply voltage, wherein each of said pixel units, each of said noise signal removal units and each of said column amplification units are configured as an N-type MOS circuit.