A pixel cell includes a photodiode coupled to photogenerate image charge in response to incident light. A deep trench isolation structure is disposed proximate to the photodiode to provide a capacitive coupling to the photodiode through the deep trench isolation structure. An amplifier transistor is coupled to the deep trench isolation structure to generate amplified image data in response to the image charge read out from the photodiode through the capacitive coupling provided by the deep trench isolation structure. A row select transistor is coupled to an output of the amplifier transistor to selectively output the amplified image data to a column bitline coupled to the row select transistor.