Patent ID: 7710478

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising, on a semiconductor substrate: a plurality of sensor sections each of which is configured to store a signal charge commensurate with a quantity of received light within a signal storage period; an output section; a charge transfer section configured to transfer and output the signal charges of each of the sensor sections to the output section, the output section configured to convert each signal charge transferred by the charge transfer section into an imaging signal for output; and a current controller which is configured to cut off or reduce current flowing to the output section from the charge transfer section during a signal storage period of the sensor section and increase current flowing to the output section during a signal output period such that the output section operates normally during an output period of the imaging signal, wherein, a control signal used to control the output section is generated by the current controller which itself is under the control of a transfer clock signal used to control the charge transfer section, the transfer clock signal is configured to be set at a first level during a signal storage period and configured to be set a second level during a signal output period.