Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system for detecting a value of signals output from a plurality of pixels
- Patent Title (中): 用于检测从多个像素输出的信号的值的光电转换装置和图像拾取系统
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Application No.: US12884024Application Date: 2010-09-16
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Publication No.: US08497458B2Publication Date: 2013-07-30
- Inventor: Kouji Maeda , Tomohisa Kinugasa
- Applicant: Kouji Maeda , Tomohisa Kinugasa
- 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: JP2009-219219 20090924
- Main IPC: H01L27/00
- IPC: H01L27/00 ; G03B13/00

Abstract:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus is configured to include a plurality of pixels, a first output unit that detects a maximum value of signals output from the plurality of pixels, a second output unit that detects a minimum value of signals output from the plurality of pixels, and a signal output line via which to output signals of the first output unit and the second output unit such that when the maximum value is detected, the signal output line is charged by a source current flowing through the first output unit, while when the minimum value is detected, the signal output line is discharged by a sink current flowing through the second output unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110068257A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-03-24
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