Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion apparatus, imaging system, movable object, and semiconductor substrate
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Application No.: US16751099Application Date: 2020-01-23
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Publication No.: US11937004B2Publication Date: 2024-03-19
- Inventor: Kazuhiro Morimoto
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- 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: JP 19014728 2019.01.30
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H01L27/146 ; H01L31/02 ; H01L31/107 ; H04N25/75

Abstract:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photodiode, a generation circuit, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit. The photodiode is configured to perform avalanche multiplication. The generation circuit is configured to generate a control signal. The first control circuit is configured to be controlled by the control signal to be in a standby state where the avalanche multiplication by the photodiode is possible and in a recharging state for returning the photodiode having performed the avalanche multiplication to the standby state. The second control circuit is configured to count a number of periods in which the avalanche multiplication has occurred among a plurality of periods of the standby state by using the control signal and a signal corresponding to an output of the photodiode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200244909A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, MOVABLE OBJECT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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