Patent ID: 7898587

Claim:
An imaging device, comprising: an imaging unit that includes a plurality of unit cells arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally, each unit cell including a photoelectric conversion part that generates a first output voltage when a voltage held therein is an initial voltage and a second output voltage according to an amount of incident light, and each unit cell generating a reset voltage that corresponds to the first output voltage and a read voltage that corresponds to the second output voltage; and an output unit operable to output, in relation to each unit cell, voltage information according to an amount of incident light, wherein the output unit includes: a signal output line that is connected to the imaging unit and receives the read voltage and the reset voltage from each unit cell; and a first transistor whose source electrode is connected to the signal output line and whose gate potential is a fixed electric potential, the signal output line being brought out of conduction in a first case where the read voltage is in a predetermined range, and into conduction in a second case where the read voltage is not in the predetermined range.