X-Y address type solid-state image pickup device

摘要

An X-Y address type solid-state image pickup device (1) is provided in which pixel regions (Pmn) are arranged in a matrix form in regions defined by horizontal selection lines (RWm) and vertical selection lines (CLn). Each of the pixel regions (Pmn) includes a photodiode (10), a source follower amplifier (14) for converting an electric charge of the photodiode (10) into a voltage and amplifying it to output image data, and a horizontal selection transistor (16) for outputting the image data to a predetermined one of the vertical selection lines (CLn). An amplifier/noise cancel circuit (6) has a built-in image averaging circuit for carrying out an averaging processing of the image data outputted from at least two of the plurality of the pixel regions (Pmn). Such an image pickup device may be manufactured by a CMOS process and has the advantages that a chip area is not increased, manufacturing costs are suppressed, and an image averaging processing can be carried out.