Patent ID: 8885084

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a pixel array unit in which pixels are disposed in a matrix; a column amplifying circuit that is disposed at an end of the pixel array unit and amplifies a signal read from each pixel; an amplification factor switching circuit that switches an amplification factor of at least a unit signal of a unit pixel to first and second amplification factors; a comparator circuit that executes A/D conversion on the signals amplified by the column amplifying circuit; a first up-down counter circuit that counts a digital value of a signal which is obtained by amplifying a digital signal of an output of the comparator circuit with the first amplification factor; a second up-down counter circuit that counts a digital value of a signal which is obtained by amplifying a digital signal of an output of the comparator circuit with the second amplification factor; and a plurality of line memories that store the digital values counted by the first up-down counter circuit and the second up-down counter circuit respectively, wherein a plurality of signals read from the plurality of line memories are output in parallel.