Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, moving body, and semiconductor substrate
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Application No.: US17554611Application Date: 2021-12-17
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Publication No.: US11843887B2Publication Date: 2023-12-12
- Inventor: Noriyuki Shikina
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: CANON U.S.A., INC. IP Division
- Priority: JP 20215242 2020.12.24
- Main IPC: H04N25/75
- IPC: H04N25/75 ; G05D1/02 ; H04N25/65 ; H04N25/79 ; H04N25/616

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a comparator configured to compare an output signal of each of the plurality of pixels with a reference signal, and a counter of K bits (K is a natural number) configured to operate in parallel with operation of the comparator. The apparatus converts the output signal of each of the plurality of pixels into a digital signal using an output of the comparator and an output of the counter. The apparatus includes an addition unit configured to add a plurality of the digital signals. The addition unit includes a serial binary adder of M bits (M is a natural number less than K).
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