Patent ID: 8063966

Claim:
A solid-state image pickup device including a pixel array in which photoelectric converters configured to convert light into charge and amplifiers configured to amplify and output signals generated in accordance with the charge generated by the photoelectric converters are arranged two-dimensionally, a plurality of vertical output lines to which the signals from the amplifiers are output, a plurality of load MOS transistors connected to the vertical output lines and configured to supply a constant current to the amplifiers, and a vertical scanning circuit configured to read out the signals to the vertical output lines for each pixel row of the pixel array, the solid-state image pickup device outputting signals used in correlated double sampling to the vertical output lines, the device comprising: a voltage supply wire via which a voltage is supplied to gates of the load MOS transistors; and a voltage supply circuit configured to supply the voltage to the voltage supply wire, wherein the voltage supply circuit includes: a first amplifier circuit configured to amplify a predetermined voltage supplied to an input part thereof from a voltage generator and to output an amplified voltage to the voltage supply wire; and a sample-and-hold circuit including a sampling switch provided on a path between the voltage generator and the input part and a hold capacitor configured to hold the voltage sampled by the sampling switch.