Patent ID: 6873362

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of pixels; a plurality of vertical signal lines connected to said plurality of pixels; a plurality of horizontal switches disposed at every vertical signal line, each of said horizontal switches being composed of an insulating gate type FET (field-effect transistor) having first and second main electrodes, said first main electrode being connected to said vertical signal lines and being formed from first and second drain regions located at opposite sides of a source region of said FET, said FET further having a channel formed in first and second channel directions between said first and second main electrodes, said first channel direction being between said source region and said first drain region, and said second channel direction being between said source region and said second drain region; a horizontal signal line connected to said second main electrode of said horizontal switch; and a signal detector connected to said horizontal signal line for detecting a signal obtained from said pixels.