Patent ID: 8743252

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel including: a transfer transistor operable to transfer electric charge from a photoelectric conversion section to a floating diffusion section, a reset transistor operable to reset the floating diffusion section, an amplifying transistor operable to output a signal based on the electric charge held by the floating diffusion section, a selection transistor that is disposed at the output side of the amplifying transistor and operable to select a pixel, a signal line operable to output a signal through the selection transistor, and a charge storage capacitor that (i) is electrically connected between the amplifying transistor and the selection transistor and (ii) operatively interconnected to store a quantity of electric charge transferred from the floating diffusion section determined by the quantity of the electric charge held by the floating diffusion section in accordance with the charge-discharge behavior of electric charge supplied from a current source, the charge storage capacitor having a capacitance value larger than a parasitic capacitance value of the signal line.