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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuhito Goden, Machida, JP;
Hidekazu Takahashi, Zama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion device including: a photoelectric conversion unit; a storing unit configured to store a photoelectric conversion signal from the photoelectric conversion unit; a first amplifier transistor configured to output a photoelectric conversion signal from the storing unit; a transistor configured to write an output signal of the first amplifier transistor to a first terminal of a holding capacitor; a second amplifier transistor, a gate of which is connected to the first terminal, and which is configured to output a voltage in accordance with a voltage of the first terminal; and a control unit configured to switch a voltage of a second terminal of the holding capacitor.