Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion device and image sensing system
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Application No.: US14665137Application Date: 2015-03-23
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Publication No.: US09838633B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Takashi Muto , Yasushi Matsuno , Daisuke Yoshida , Hirofumi Totsuka , Toru Koizumi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2014-073736 20140331; JP2014-163939 20140811; JP2014-263355 20141225
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/357

Abstract:
A photoelectric conversion device includes a photoelectric converter, a transistor having a gate to which a voltage corresponding to charges generated by the photoelectric converter is supplied, a control line connected to a first main electrode of the transistor, and a readout unit configured to read out a signal corresponding to a voltage of the gate, and a voltage controller configured to change a voltage of the control line. The readout unit generates a digital signal corresponding to the voltage of the gate, based on a current flowing through a second main electrode of the transistor during a period in which the voltage controller changes the voltage of the control line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150281616A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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