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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yukihiro Kuroda, Inagi, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/341 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disclosed photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels each including a light receiving portion that outputs a pulse in response to incidence of a photon and a signal generation unit that outputs a signal based on output from the light receiving portion, and each of the plurality of pixels further includes a detection unit that detects whether or not a width of a pulse output from the light receiving portion exceeds a predetermined threshold value.