Photoelectric conversion apparatus and equipment including the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHIDEO KOBAYASHI, SO HASEGAWA
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Abstract
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a first output line electrically connectable to the first pixel, a second output line electrically connectable to the second pixel, a first comparator electrically connectable to the first output line, and a second comparator electrically connectable to the second output line, wherein the first output line is electrically connectable to the second comparator via a first wiring line, the second output line is electrically connectable to the first comparator via a second wiring line, and the first wiring line and the second wiring line are electrically isolated from each other.
Claims21
A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising:
- a first pixel;
- a second pixel;
- a first output line electrically connectable to the first pixel;
- a second output line electrically connectable to the second pixel;
- a first comparator electrically connectable to the first output line;
- a second comparator electrically connectable to the second output line;
- a first switch for the first output line;
- and
- a second switch for the second output line, wherein
- the first output line is electrically connectable to the second comparator via a first wiring line,
- the second output line is electrically connectable to the first comparator via a second wiring line,
- the first wiring line and the second wiring line are electrically isolated from each other,
- the first wiring line is provided with a third switch, and
- the second wiring line is provided with a fourth switch.
A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising:
- a first pixel;
- a second pixels;
- a first output line electrically connectable to the first pixel;
- a second output line electrically connectable to the second pixel;
- a first comparator electrically connectable to the first output line;
- and
- a second comparator electrically connectable to the second output line, wherein
- the first output line is electrically connectable to the second comparator via a first wiring line,
- the second output line is electrically connectable to the first comparator via a second wiring line,
- the first wiring line and the second wiring line are electrically isolated from each other, and
- sum of a pixel signal output from the first pixel and a pixel signal output from the second pixels is input to the first comparator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.