Patent ID: 7889247

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: (a) a pixel array unit including unit pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the unit pixels having (1) a photoelectric conversion element that converts a light signal to a signal charge, (2) an amplifying transistor that amplifies and outputs the signal charge as a signal voltage, and (3) a capacitive element with one side connected to a control electrode of the amplifying transistor; (b) a driving unit configured to selectively supply a predetermined voltage to the capacitive element via a pulse supply line directly connected to the other side of the capacitive element; and (c) a signal processing circuit that performs a predetermined signal processing with respect to a signal output from each pixel of the pixel array unit, wherein, the driving unit repeatedly performs an operation that causes the amplifying transistor to be in an OFF state or a deep accumulation state once or a plural number of times for a period of time while the signal is being read out from the unit pixel by the driving unit.