Patent ID: 8710421

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a pixel cell including: a light receiving unit configured to convert incident light to a signal charge, a charge detection unit configured to convert, to a signal voltage, the signal charge transferred from said light receiving unit, an amplification transistor which amplifies the signal voltage, a transfer transistor which transfers, to said charge detection unit, the signal charge accumulated in said light receiving unit, in accordance with a transfer control signal, and a reset transistor which resets a potential of said charge detection unit to a reset potential in accordance with a reset control signal; a signal processing circuit which receives a pixel reset potential corresponding to the reset potential of said charge detection unit, and a pixel signal potential corresponding to the signal charge transferred to said charge detection unit; a charge pump circuit which steps up or steps down a potential of at least one of the transfer control signal and the reset control signal in accordance with a driving clock signal; and a control circuit which causes the driving clock signal to be stopped during a pixel reading time period in which the reset potential and the pixel signal potential are read.