Invention Grant
US07884870B2 Photoelectric conversion apparatus with current limiting units to limit excessive current to signal lines
有权
具有电流限制单元的光电转换装置,以限制对信号线的过大电流
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion apparatus with current limiting units to limit excessive current to signal lines
- Patent Title (中): 具有电流限制单元的光电转换装置,以限制对信号线的过大电流
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Application No.: US12054554Application Date: 2008-03-25
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Publication No.: US07884870B2Publication Date: 2011-02-08
- Inventor: Mahito Shinohara
- Applicant: Mahito Shinohara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2007-104213 20070411
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus is disclosed. A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel array in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are arrayed in a row direction and a column direction, a plurality of first column signal lines which are electrically connected to the pixels arrayed in the pixel array in the column direction, respectively, a plurality of column amplification units which amplify signals provided via the plurality of the first column signal lines, respectively, a power supply line which provides a power supply voltage to the plurality of column amplification units, and a plurality of second column signal lines which are electrically connected to output sides of the plurality of column amplification units, respectively. Each column amplification unit includes a current limiting unit which limits the flow of an excessive current to each of the plurality of second column signal lines.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080252764A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2008-10-16
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