SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE

摘要

In a solid state imaging device, a sample hold unit samples and holds a dark signal and a light signal of each vertical signal line arranged to correspond to respective rows of pixels according to sampling control signals fTVN and fTVS and supplies the held signals to a horizontal signal line according to a horizontal scan signal. At predetermined intervals T21, T22 containing signal sampling timings t1, t2 which are decided by the sampling control signals fTVN and fTVS, pulse signals fGH, fHCLK1, fHCLK2, fRSTH associated with read-out of signals from the sample hold unit to the horizontal signal line are stopped. This reduces the affect of noise when a signal corresponding to a vertical signal line is sampled by the sample hold unit, thereby further improving the image quality of a captured image.