Imaging device including pixel

1. An imaging device comprising:

a pixel comprising

a photoelectric converter for generating a signal, and

a reset transistor for resetting the photoelectric converter, the reset transistor having a source and a drain, one of the source and the drain electrically connected to the photoelectric converter;

a first voltage generating circuit for generating a first voltage;

a second voltage generating circuit for generating a second voltage identical or equivalent to the first voltage; and

a first switching circuit having a first input terminal, a second input terminal and a first output terminal, the first input terminal electrically connected to the first voltage generating circuit, the second input terminal electrically connected to the second voltage generating circuit, the first output terminal electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the reset transistor, wherein

the first switching circuit electrically connects one of the first input terminal and the second input terminal to the first output terminal selectively in a period when the photoelectric converter is reset,

the first voltage generating circuit includes a first capacitor for holding the first voltage,

the second voltage generating circuit includes a second capacitor, different from the first capacitor, for holding the second voltage, and

the photoelectric converter is reset by use of the first voltage or the second voltage.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first output terminal of the first switching circuit is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the reset transistor by wiring.

3. The imaging device according to claim 2 , wherein the first voltage generating circuit and the second voltage generating circuit each comprise a sample hold circuit.

4. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the pixel further comprises an amplifier transistor for reading the signal, the amplifier transistor having a gate electrically connected to the photoelectric converter,

the imaging device further comprises an inverting amplifier having a third input terminal, a fourth input terminal and a second output terminal, the third input terminal electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the amplifier transistor, the fourth input terminal electrically connected to the first output terminal of the first switching circuit, the second output terminal electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the reset transistor.

5. The imaging device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a load circuit electrically connected to the one of the source and the drain of the amplifier transistor, and to the third terminal of the inverting amplifier;

a third voltage generating circuit for generating a third voltage;

a fourth voltage generating circuit for generating a fourth voltage identical or equivalent to the third voltage; and

a second switching circuit having a fifth input terminal, a sixth input terminal and a third output terminal, the fifth input terminal electrically connected to the third voltage generating circuit, the sixth input terminal electrically connected to the fourth voltage generating circuit, the second switching circuit electrically connecting one of the fifth input terminal and the sixth input terminal to the third output terminal selectively, wherein

the third output terminal of the second switching circuit is electrically connected to the load circuit, and

the load circuit is controlled by use of the third voltage or the fourth voltage.

6. The imaging device according to claim 5 , wherein

the third voltage generating circuit includes a third capacitor for holding the third voltage,

the fourth voltage generating circuit includes a fourth capacitor, different from the third capacitor, for holding the fourth voltage.

7. The imaging device according to claim 4 , wherein the first voltage generating circuit and the second voltage generating circuit each comprise a sample hold circuit.

8. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the pixel further comprises an amplifier transistor for reading the signal, the amplifier transistor having a gate electrically connected to the photoelectric converter,

the first output terminal of the first switching circuit is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the amplifier transistor, and

the other of the source and the drain of the amplifier transistor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the reset transistor.

9. The imaging device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a load circuit electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the amplifier transistor;

a third voltage generating circuit for generating a third voltage;

a fourth voltage generating circuit for generating a fourth voltage identical or equivalent to the third voltage; and

a second switching circuit having a fifth input terminal, a sixth input terminal and a third output terminal, the fifth input terminal electrically connected to the third voltage generating circuit, the sixth input terminal electrically connected to the fourth voltage generating circuit, the second switching circuit electrically connecting one of the fifth input terminal and the sixth input terminal to the third output terminal selectively, wherein

the third output terminal of the second switching circuit is electrically connected to the load circuit, and

the load circuit is controlled by use of the third voltage or the fourth voltage.

10. The imaging device according to claim 8 , wherein the first voltage generating circuit and the second voltage generating circuit each comprise a sample hold circuit.

11. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first switching circuit electrically connects the first input terminal to the first output terminal in a period included in a first frame period according to a first frame, and

the first switching circuit electrically connects the second input terminal to the first output terminal in a period included in a second frame period according to a second frame subsequent to the first frame.

12. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein

the photoelectric converter is reset in a first period and in a second period different from the first period, the first period and the second period included in a frame period according to a frame, and

the first switching circuit electrically connects the first input terminal to the first output terminal in the first period, and electrically connects the second input terminal to the first output terminal in the second period.

13. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first voltage generating circuit and the second voltage generating circuit each comprise a sample hold circuit.

14. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the first switching circuit selectively short-circuits one of the first input terminal and the second input terminal to the first output terminal in a period when the photoelectric converter is reset.