Solid state imaging device and imaging apparatus having a plurality of addition read modes

摘要

A plurality of kinds of color filters are disposed at each of pixels in accordance with a color array of two rows and two columns at a pixel section of a solid state imaging device. A first signal outputting circuit and a second signal outputting circuit each perform an addition read of electrical signals from the pixels of one/the other color included in a line to be read. An addition controlling circuit shifts sampling positions of the pixels which are added at a time of the addition read by a unit of the color array between the first signal outputting circuit and a second signal outputting circuit.

主权项

1. A solid state imaging device, comprising:
a pixel section in which a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels are alternatively arranged along a first direction, the first pixels converting incident light via a first filter having a first spectral characteristic into electrical signals and the second pixels converting incident light via a second filter having a second spectral characteristic which is different from the first spectral characteristic into electrical signals; a scanning circuit reading respective electrical signals from the first pixels and the second pixels arranged in the pixel section; a first signal outputting circuit adding the electrical signals read by the scanning circuit from the first pixels; a second signal outputting circuit adding the electrical signals read by the scanning circuit from the second pixels; and an addition controlling circuit shifting sampling positions of pixels to be added at the first signal outputting circuit and the second signal outputting circuit.