Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion device
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Application No.: US12877452Application Date: 2010-09-08
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Publication No.: US08400540B2Publication Date: 2013-03-19
- Inventor: Atsuko Kume
- Applicant: Atsuko Kume
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JPP2009-208475 20090909
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H01L27/00

Abstract:
A photoelectric conversion device may include a plurality of A/D converters each of which receives a pixel signal from a pixel array that includes pixels arranged two-dimensionally. Each of the pixels may have a photoelectric conversion element. The pixel array may output the pixel signal in accordance with an incident light amount to the photoelectric conversion element. The plurality of A/D converters may convert the pixel signal to a digital value based on a reference voltage. The plurality of A/D converters may output the digital value. A reference voltage wire, which supplies the reference voltage to each of the plurality of A/D converters, may be branched into a plurality of branched reference voltage wires each of which is corresponding to one of the plurality of A/D converters. Each of the plurality of branched reference voltage wires may be connected only to constituent components in a corresponding A/D converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US08432469B2 Photoelectric conversion device Public/Granted day:2013-04-30
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