Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric converter, photoelectric conversion system, moving body, and semiconductor substrate
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Application No.: US17590895Application Date: 2022-02-02
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Publication No.: US11683610B2Publication Date: 2023-06-20
- Inventor: Kazuhiro Saito , Kohichi Nakamura , Tetsuya Itano
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP 2021016893 2021.02.04
- Main IPC: H04N25/70
- IPC: H04N25/70 ; H04N25/75 ; H04N25/79

Abstract:
A photoelectric converter includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a capacitive coupling amplifier configured to amplify a signal output from the pixel array, and a delta-sigma AD converter configured to convert, into a digital signal, an analog signal output from the amplifier. The amplifier is formed by a plurality of first elements including an active element and a capacitive element. The delta-sigma AD converter is formed by a plurality of second elements including an active element and a capacitive element. A breakdown voltage of at least one of the plurality of second elements forming the delta-sigma AD converter is lower than a breakdown voltage of the plurality of first elements forming the amplifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220247959A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, MOVING BODY, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE Public/Granted day:2022-08-04
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