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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Shun Kaizu, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a solid-state imaging device, a method for driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic device that enable a solid-state imaging device capable of outputting a spatial difference to be realized at low cost. The solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel including a photoelectric conversion element, a first capacitive element, and a second capacitive element; a reading circuit shared by a plurality of the pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel; and a vertical scanning circuit configured to control the pixel and the reading circuit, in which the vertical scanning circuit performs first control of simultaneously reading signal levels of different capacitive elements of the first and second capacitive elements in the first pixel and the second pixel. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device or the like in which a pair of capacitors is provided for each pixel, and these capacitors hold two signals of a reset level and a signal level to be subjected to AD conversion.