Patent ID: 8189081

Claim:
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: a plurality of unit cells each including a plurality of pixels having different color components and a first selecting unit for selecting and outputting signals from the plurality of pixels; a holding unit being provided correspondingly to each unit cell, and holding a signal outputted from the first selecting unit; a plurality of common output lines including first and second common output lines for outputting signals of the color components different from each other; and a second selecting unit, arranged on an electric path between the holding unit and the plurality of common output lines, for selecting the plurality of common output lines and for outputting the signal held by the holding unit to the common output line selected, wherein a predetermined number of the unit cells form a first unit cell group, and a predetermined number of the unit cells form a second unit cell group, and during a period of outputting, to the first common output line, a signal of a first color from one of the unit cells of the first unit cell group, a signal of a second color is outputted, to the second common output line, from one of the unit cells of the second unit cell group.