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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Kono, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus including a pixel area including a plurality of pixels arranged in the pixel area, the apparatus includes a first pixel of the plurality of pixels, and a second pixel arranged at a position closer to an edge of the pixel area than the first pixel, wherein each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a first conversion unit, a second conversion unit surrounding the first conversion unit, and a transistor area provided with a circuit configured to process a signal based on a charge generated in the first conversion unit and the second conversion unit, and wherein a planar distance between the first conversion unit and the transistor area in the second pixel is longer than a planar distance between the first conversion unit and the transistor area in the first pixel.