Patent ID: 6975356

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light-sensitive portion for photoelectrically converting incident light, a transfer gate for transferring a charge stored in said light-sensitive portion, a resettable detection capacitor for storing said charge transferred from said transfer gate, and a selection switch for outputting a charge of said detection capacitor according to a selection signal; a charge amplifier for converting to a voltage a charge of said detection capacitor, which is outputted from the pixels; and a correlated double sampling circuit for obtaining a voltage difference between a reset voltage and a detected voltage converted by the charge amplifier, wherein said reset voltage is converted from a charge of the detection capacitor when being reset at reset timing, and said detected voltage is converted from a charge of the detection capacitor when a charge stored in the light-sensitive portion is transferred to the reset detection capacitor, following to the reset timing.