Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion device and image sensing system
- Patent Title (中): 光电转换装置及影像感应系统
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Application No.: US12792889Application Date: 2010-06-03
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Publication No.: US07961237B2Publication Date: 2011-06-14
- Inventor: Yuuichirou Hatano , Hiroki Hiyama , Yuu Arishima
- Applicant: Yuuichirou Hatano , Hiroki Hiyama , Yuu Arishima
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2006-236753 20060831; JP2007-201101 20070801
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H04N5/217

Abstract:
This invention discloses a photoelectric conversion device. The photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a row direction and a column direction, a plurality of readout circuits which read out signals from pixels for respective columns in the pixel array, and a control unit which controls the plurality of readout circuits, wherein each of the plurality of readout circuits includes a holding unit which holds a reference voltage supplied from an external power source, an operational amplification unit which amplifies the signals from the pixels for each column based on the reference voltage held in the holding unit, and a disconnection unit which electrically disconnects the external power source and the holding unit, and the control unit controls the disconnection unit to electrically disconnect the external power source and the holding unit when the operational amplification unit amplifies the signals from the pixels for each column.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100238333A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2010-09-23
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