Patent ID: 7649165

Claim:
An Image capturing apparatus, comprising: a first gate line formed in a first direction; a first source line intersecting with the first gate line, the first gate line and the first source line defining a first pixel; a common drain line; a first photodiode formed in the first pixel, the first photodiode being connected to the common drain line; a first modulation transistor formed in the first pixel, a first drain of the first modulation transistor being connected to the common drain line; a second gate line formed in the first direction, the second gate line intersecting with the first source line, the second gate line and the first source line defining a second pixel; a second photodiode formed in the second pixel, the second photodiode being connected to the common drain line; a second modulation transistor formed in the second pixel, a second drain of the second modulation transistor being connected to the common drain line; a first line formed in the first pixel and the second pixel, the first line connecting a first source of the first modulation transistor and a second source of the second modulation transistor; and a transfer transistor formed between the first source line and the first line, the transfer transistor being connected to the first source line, to the first line, and to a third gate line, the third gate line being formed in the first direction and intersecting with the first source line.