Solid-state imaging device, driving method thereof and electronic apparatus

A method of driving a solid-state imaging device that includes a photoelectric conversion element that converts incident light into and electric charge, a first transfer gate that includes a plurality of electrodes and transfers electric charge from the photoelectric conversion element, a charge holding region that holds the electric charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion element by the first transfer gate and that includes a plurality of sub-regions each corresponding to one of the electrodes of the first transfer gate, a second transfer gate that transfers the electric charge from the charge holding region, and a floating diffusion region that holds the electric charge transferred from the charge holding region by the second transfer gate, the method including:

• transferring charge from the photoelectric conversion element to the charge holding region by applying signal pulses to the electrodes of the first transfer gate;
• transferring charge from the charge holding region to the floating diffusion by applying signal pulses to at least one of the electrodes of the first transfer gate and to the second transfer gate.