Patent ID: 8618461

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a plurality of unit pixels that each converts incident light into a pixel signal, the unit pixels being arranged in rows and columns; a plurality of AD conversion units respectively provided in a plurality of columns and each configured to convert the pixel signal converted by the unit pixel located in an associated column into digital data of N bits, N being an integer not smaller than 2; and a plurality of data storage units respectively provided in the plurality of columns, wherein the data storage units each include N flip-flop circuits respectively corresponding to bits of the digital data of N bits, the solid-state imaging device further comprising: a plurality of data switching units each configured to switch between: a first state in which the digital data of N bits converted by the AD conversion unit is stored in the data storage unit of the associated column; and a second state in which the N flip-flop circuits included in each of the data storage units are serially connected.