Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion device, imaging system, and mobile apparatus
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Application No.: US16794479Application Date: 2020-02-19
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Publication No.: US11082642B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Takashi Fukuhara , Takanori Yamashita
- 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: JPJP2019-032896 20190226
- Main IPC: H04N5/341
- IPC: H04N5/341 ; G08G1/16 ; H04N5/357 ; H03M1/56

Abstract:
Provided is a photoelectric conversion device including: a pixel configured to generate a first signal in accordance with an incident light by photoelectric conversion; an amplifier unit configured to amplify the first signal to output a second signal; and a comparator unit configured to compare a voltage of the second signal with a voltage of a reference signal. A slope of the ramp waveform included in the reference signal can be switched between a first slope α and a second slope β, the reference voltage used for determining a setting of a gain in the amplifier unit or the comparator unit can be switched between a first reference voltage Vref1 corresponding to the first slope α and a second reference voltage Vref2 corresponding to the second slope β, and α/β≠Vref1/Vref2 is satisfied.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200275037A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND MOBILE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-08-27
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