Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion apparatus
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Application No.: US18341850Application Date: 2023-06-27
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Publication No.: US12028631B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Mahito Shinohara
- 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: JP 22103904 2022.06.28
- Main IPC: H04N25/67
- IPC: H04N25/67 ; H04N25/671 ; H04N25/77

Abstract:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus in which a plurality of pixels are arranged is provided. Each of the plurality of pixels includes an avalanche photodiode arranged between a first potential supply line and a second potential supply line, a first transistor arranged so as to form a current path between the first potential supply line and the avalanche photodiode, and a holding circuit configured to, when avalanche breakdown of the avalanche photodiode has occurred, hold a second potential corresponding a first potential of an electrode of the avalanche photodiode connected to the first transistor. The second potential is supplied to a gate of the first transistor from the holding circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230421919A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-12-28
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