SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arrayed in the row direction and the column direction, the first column signal line to which every other pixel arrayed in one pixel column is connected and the second column signal line to which remaining every other pixel arrayed in the one pixel array is connected, a pair of which are arranged in the one pixel array, and a driving unit which drives the plurality of pixels to simultaneously output the signals of at least two pixels onto the same column signal line out of the first or second column signal line when a mode of performing pixel mixture and reading out the signals of the pixels is set.

主权项

1. A solid-state image sensor comprising:
a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion portion and an amplification transistor configured to amplify a signal corresponding to charges generated in the photoelectric conversion portion are arrayed in a row direction and a column direction; a first column signal line to which every other pixel arrayed in one pixel row is connected and a second column signal line to which remaining every other pixel arrayed in the one pixel row is connected, a pair of which are arranged for the one pixel column in said pixel array; and a driving unit configured to drive the plurality of pixels to simultaneously connect amplification transistors of at least the two pixels onto the same column signal line out of one of said first column signal line and said second column signal line on the same pixel column, and to drive the plurality of pixels to perform signal output to said first column signal line and signal output to said second column signal line in parallel when a mode of performing pixel mixture and reading out signals of the pixels is set.