The invention provides a solid-state imaging device including a pixel
array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix. The pixels can
each include a photo diode that generates carriers depending on the
intensity of incident light, an accumulation region that accumulates the
generated holes, an output transistor that outputs a signal according to
threshold voltage that changes depending on the number of carriers
accumulated in the accumulation region, and a clear transistor that
discharges carriers accumulated in the accumulation region. One of
semiconductor regions that form the photo diode and the accumulation
region function as a source region of the clear transistor. In the
accumulation period, if generated carriers spill from the source region
of the clear transistor in the accumulation period, the clear transistor
discharges the spilled carriers through a channel of the clear transistor
in order to prevent the spilled carriers from entering the accumulation
region of adjacent pixels. Accordingly, a technique where carriers in an
accumulation region can be easily discharged.