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US 2025/0160052 A1Published application
Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, and moving body
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMAHITO SHINOHARA
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Abstract
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an avalanche diode, a detection unit configured to detect an avalanche current generated by avalanche multiplication in the avalanche diode, a switch disposed between the avalanche diode and the detection unit, and a reset unit configured to reset a node between the switch and the detection unit. The reset unit resets the node during a period in which the switch is in an off state.
Claims42
A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising:
- an avalanche diode;
- a detection unit configured to detect an avalanche current generated by avalanche multiplication in the avalanche diode;
- a switch disposed between the avalanche diode and the detection unit;
- a first reset unit configured to reset a node between the switch and the detection unit, and
- a second reset unit configured to reset an output node of the avalanche diode,
- wherein the first reset unit resets the node during a period in which the switch is in an off state.
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A method for driving a photoelectric conversion apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- an avalanche diode;
- a detection unit configured to detect an avalanche current generated by avalanche multiplication in the avalanche diode;
- a switch disposed between the avalanche diode and the detection unit;
- a first reset unit configured to reset a node between the switch and the detection unit;
- and
- a second reset unit configured to reset an output node of the avalanche diode, and
- wherein the first reset unit resets the node during a period in which the switch is in an off state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.