Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion device
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Application No.: US15953009Application Date: 2018-04-13
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Publication No.: US10560650B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Isamu Ueno
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2017-085340 20170424
- Main IPC: H04N5/359
- IPC: H04N5/359 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/365 ; H04N5/357

Abstract:
Provided is a photoelectric conversion device including: a pixel array including pixels arranged to form columns; and a readout unit including column readout circuits provided corresponding to the columns, each of the column readout circuits being configured to read out signals from the pixels in a corresponding column. Each of the column readout circuits includes a holding unit configured to hold a reference voltage supplied from a reference voltage line, an amplifier unit configured to amplify a signal output from one of the pixels based on the reference voltage held in the holding unit, and a switch unit configured to electrically disconnect the reference voltage line from the holding unit when the amplifier unit amplifies the signal. The holding unit of a first column readout circuit and the holding unit of a second column readout circuit are electrically connected to each other by a path other than the switch unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180309945A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-10-25
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