Patent ID: 7719586

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising: an imaging pixel region where a plurality of imaging pixels is disposed; a vertical selecting circuit for outputting pixel signals from imaging pixels of respective columns on a selected row of the imaging pixel region to vertical signal lines provided respectively for the columns; charge integrating amps provided respectively for the vertical signal lines of the columns so as to receive inputs of pixel signals from imaging pixels of the respective columns; holding elements that allow the input pixel signals to be held in the charge integrating amps even in periods when the charge integrating amps are in a standby state; and a horizontal selecting circuit for transferring pixel signals output from the respective charge integrating amps by a horizontal signal line, wherein, the horizontal selecting circuit allows the charge integrating amps to be switched individually between an ON state and the standby state according to amp controlling signals supplied respectively to the charge integrating amps, and allows the charge integrating amps to be connected individually to the horizontal signal line according to amp selecting signals for connecting the respective charge integrating amps to the horizontal signal line, the charge integrating amps provided for the respective columns are sequentially turned on for a predetermined period and are connected to the horizontal signal line so that pixel signals output from the respective charge integrating amps are sequentially output to the horizontal signal line, and the horizontal selecting circuit outputs the amp controlling signals and the amp selecting signals as common signals.