Patent ID: 8552352

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: an imaging region; an output register that receives a charge transferred from the imaging region to transfer said charge, said output register being capable of selectively transferring a charge in one direction and in the other direction opposite to said one direction; a corner register that transfers a charge transferred in the one direction from the output register, the corner register including stages each having electrodes which are capable of receiving clock signals, respectively; a multiplication register that receives a charge from the corner register to generate a multiplied charge; a first amplifier that outputs a signal based on a multiplied charge from the multiplication register; a second amplifier that generates a signal based on a charge transferred in the other direction by the output register; a valve gate electrode for preventing a transfer of a charge between the output register and the corner register, the valve gate electrode being one of the electrodes which is positioned closest to the output register and is included in one of the stages which is adjacent to the output register; common terminals connected to the electrodes of the stages other than the valve gate electrodes, respectively, and; a terminal connected to the valve gate electrode.