Patent ID: 7564037

Claim:
An image sensor comprising: a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit for processing signals from the photoelectric converter and outputting processed signals to an output line, the plurality of pixels having at least one position at which two pixels are disposed adjacent to each other, a first of the two pixels accommodating, in order, a pixel circuit and a photoelectric converter, a second of the two pixels accommodating, in order, a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit; and a scan control block, disposed between the photoelectric converters, included in each of at least two adjacent pixels among a plurality of pixels aligned in a single direction, wherein the scan control block includes a shift register as a scanning circuit and is disposed between the two photoelectric converters of the two pixels disposed adjacent to each other, and the pixel circuit comprises: an amplifier unit adapted to amplify a signal from the photoelectric converter; and a reset unit adapted to reset an input part of the amplifier unit.