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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideta Nishizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Nasu, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image sensor comprises: a plurality of sample-and-hold circuits that sample and hold a plurality of signals input from a plurality of different pixels; a plurality of converters that convert the signals held in the plurality of sample-and-hold circuits to currents corresponding to potentials of the signals, respectively; a switch that connects/disconnects the plurality of converters; and a plurality of output circuits wherein, in a case where the switch connects the plurality of converters, the currents converted by the plurality of converters are added and output from one of the plurality of output circuits, and, in a case where the switch disconnects the plurality of converters, the currents converted by the plurality of converters are output from the plurality of output circuits, respectively.