Patent ID: 7767952

Claim:
A semiconductor imaging device having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix-like pattern, each of said pixels comprising: a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, a third photoelectric conversion unit and a fourth photoelectric conversion unit for converting received light into signal charge; a first signal voltage conversion unit and a second voltage conversion unit for converting said signal charge into voltage; a first transistor for controlling said signal charge to be transferred from said first photoelectric conversion unit, said second photoelectric conversion unit, said third photoelectric conversion unit and said fourth photoelectric conversion unit to said first signal voltage conversion unit and said second voltage conversion unit; a signal voltage read-out unit having: a second transistor for regulating voltage of said first signal voltage conversion unit and said second signal voltage conversion unit into a second reset voltage; a third transistor for outputting signal voltage according to said voltage of said first signal voltage conversion unit and said second voltage conversion unit; and a fourth transistor for selecting a row to which said pixel belongs, wherein said first photoelectric conversion unit, said second photoelectric conversion unit, said third photoelectric conversion unit and said fourth photoelectric conversion unit aligned along the column direction share said signal voltage read-out unit, with the elements disposed in the order of: said first photoelectric conversion unit, said first signal voltage conversion unit and two of said first transistors, said second photoelectric conversion unit, said second transistor, said third photoelectric conversion unit, said second signal voltage conversion unit and two of said first transistors, said fourth photoelectric conversion unit, said third transistor and said fourth transistor.