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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuharu Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Taichi Kasugai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 30/225 (2025.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01); H10F 77/00 (2025.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 30/225 (2025.01); G01J 1/44 (2013.01); H10F 77/959 (2025.01); G01J 2001/4466 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including a respective avalanche photodiode, wherein the plurality of pixels includes an active pixel that outputs a photon detection signal according to detection of a photon and an inactive pixel that does not output the photon detection signal, and wherein the photoelectric conversion apparatus further includes a control unit that recharges a voltage to be applied between an anode and a cathode of the avalanche photodiode of the inactive pixel.