- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion apparatus with multiple selection circuits
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Application No.: US18067929Application Date: 2022-12-19
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Publication No.: US12088933B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Atsushi Shimada , Noriyuki Shikina , Yoshiko Shigiya
- 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 21211290 2021.12.24
- Main IPC: H04N25/42
- IPC: H04N25/42 ; B60Q9/00 ; H04N25/77 ; H04N25/79

Abstract:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising: pixels; L (L≥3) vertical signal lines disposed on each pixel column; M (M≥2) selection circuits disposed in each pixel, each of the selection circuits respectively connecting one of the pixels to a different vertical signal line; a vertical scanning circuit configured to scan the selection circuits; and a control unit. The control unit sets first operation mode in which the vertical scanning circuit performs a single read scanning operation at a time, and a second operation mode in which the vertical scanning circuit performs multiple read scanning operations at a time. In the first operation mode, the control unit uses first selection circuit out of the M selection circuits for scanning operation. In the second operation mode, the control unit uses a second selection circuit, which is different from the first selection circuit, out of the M selection circuits for scanning operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230209217A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-06-29
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