Patent ID: 7973840

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, the matrix defining columns of the plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels outputting an analog signal by performing photoelectric conversion; a first analog-digital converter and a second analog-digital converter provided for each of the columns, each of which converts a portion of a plurality of analog signals outputted from pixels in a corresponding one of the columns into a plurality of digital signals and sequentially outputs the plurality of digital signals; a first memory and a second memory provided for each of the columns, each of which includes a plurality of memories and stores one of the plurality of digital signals received from one of the first analog-digital converter and the second analog-digital converter in the corresponding one of the columns in one of the plurality of memories while outputting another of the plurality of digital signals previously received from the one of the first analog-digital converter and the second analog-digital converter in the corresponding one of the columns from another of the plurality of memories in parallel; a first horizontal transferor connected to the first memory of each of the columns; and a second horizontal transferor connected to the second memory of each of the columns, wherein the plurality of memories is connected in parallel to the one of the first analog-digital converter and the second analog-digital converter in the corresponding one of the columns.