Patent ID: 8018511

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device which reads, in a predetermined order, signal electric charges generated in a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and outputs the read electric charges, said solid-state imaging device comprises: the plurality of pixels; a plurality of horizontal reset control signal lines; and a plurality of horizontal transfer control signal lines, wherein each pixel comprises: a photodiode for generating the signal electric charges; a transfer transistor for transferring the signal electric charges generated in the photodiode to a signal accumulation section in accordance with a transfer control signal; a reset transistor for controlling a potential of the signal accumulation section in accordance with a reset control signal; and an amplify transistor for amplifying the signal electric charges having been transferred to the signal accumulation section and outputting, as a pixel signal, the amplified signal electric charges to one of a plurality of output signal lines, wherein in each column, each output of n pixels arranged in a column direction is respectively connected to a different one of the plurality of output signal lines, one of the plurality of horizontal reset control signal lines and one of the plurality of horizontal transfer signal lines are disposed between a first row of the plurality of pixels and a second row of the plurality of pixels, where the first row and the second row are adjacent to each other, the one of the plurality of horizontal transfer control signal lines is connected to at least one of the transfer transistor of the first row and at least one of the transfer transistor of the second row, and the one of the plurality of horizontal reset control signal lines is connected to at least one of the reset transistor of the first row and at least one of the reset transistor of the second row.