Apparatus, power supply circuit, photoelectric conversion device, imaging device and movable object

An apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of differential transmitters corresponding to a plurality of lanes;
• and
• a power supply circuit that supplies a power supply voltage to each of the plurality of differential transmitters,
• wherein the power supply circuit includes:
• a common circuit unit that defines the power supply voltage supplied to the plurality of differential transmitters, and
• a plurality of individual circuit units provided in association with the plurality of differential transmitters and each connected to the common circuit unit,
• wherein each of the plurality of individual circuit units has an output node that outputs the power supply voltage defined by the common circuit unit to a corresponding differential transmitter of the plurality of differential transmitters, and
• wherein the output node of one of the plurality of individual circuit units and the output node of another of the plurality of individual circuit units are connected to each other
• wherein each of the plurality of differential transmitters includes:
• a power supply voltage terminal to which the power supply voltage is supplied from the power supply circuit,
• a first resistor whose one terminal is connected to the power supply voltage terminal,
• a third transistor and a fourth transistor whose drains are connected to the other terminal of the first resistor,
• a fifth transistor whose drain is connected to a source of the third transistor,
• a sixth transistor whose drain is connected to a source of the fourth transistor,
• a second resistor whose one terminal is connected to a source of the fifth transistor and a source of the sixth transistor, and
• a reference voltage terminal connected to the other terminal of the second resistor,
• wherein a first node to which a gate of the third transistor and a gate of the sixth transistor are connected and a second node to which a gate of the fourth transistor and a gate of the fifth transistor are connected form a pair of differential input terminals, and
• wherein a third node to which the source of the third transistor and the drain of the fifth transistor are connected and a fourth node to which the source of the fourth transistor and the drain of the sixth transistor are connected form a pair of differential output terminals.

A power supply circuit comprising:

• a common circuit unit that defines a power supply voltage supplied to a plurality of differential transmitters;
• and
• a plurality of individual circuit units provided in association with the plurality of differential transmitters and each connected to the common circuit unit,
• wherein each of the plurality of individual circuit units includes a first transistor that forms a source follower circuit and outputs the power supply voltage defined by the common circuit unit, and has an output node that outputs the power supply voltage to a corresponding one of the plurality of differential transmitters,
• wherein the common circuit unit includes
• a differential amplifier circuit including a non-inverting input terminal, an inverting input terminal, and an output terminal,
• a second transistor that forms the source follower circuit and whose gate is connected to the output terminal of the differential amplifier circuit, and
• a load element connected between a source of the second transistor and a reference voltage node,
• wherein the output node of one of the plurality of individual circuit units and the output node of another of the plurality of individual circuit units are connected to each other, and
• wherein the output node of each of the plurality of individual circuit units is connected to a connection node between the source of the second transistor and the load element.