As explained earlier, in the second control mode, the electric current from the first electric current source 25 is shunted and flows to the pixel 10 (1, 1) and the pixel 10 (3, 1) as separate electric currents in correspondence to the voltages at the FDs 14 in the pixel 10 (1, 1) and the pixel 10 (3, 1). In the example presented in
In contrast, pixel signals from the three pixels 10 (1, 1), 10 (2, 1) and 10 (3, 1) are combined at the first vertical signal line VL1 in the comparison example. Namely, the first selection units 16 are all set in an ON state and the second selection units 17 are all set in an OFF state in the three pixels 10. A voltage Vout of the signal generated by combining the pixel signals from the pixels 10 (1, 1), 10 (2, 1) and 10 (3, 1) in this situation can be expressed as in (9) and (10) below. Vout=(VfdA+VfdB+VfdC)/3?Vth?(?)√(Δov2?ΔVfd32)??(9)