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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2012
Daisuke Inoue, Ebina, JP;
Tetsunobu Kochi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yukihiro Kuroda, Kunitachi, JP;
Hideo Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kouji Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Daisuke Inoue, Ebina, JP;
Tetsunobu Kochi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yukihiro Kuroda, Kunitachi, JP;
Hideo Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kouji Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a photoelectric conversion apparatus which is characterized by comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions of a first conductivity type, and a plurality of semiconductor regions of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type; and in that the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions of the first conductivity type and the plurality of semiconductor regions are alternately arranged, and a voltage controlling unit is further provided to change a width of a depletion layer formed in a semiconductor substrate by controlling a voltage to be applied to the semiconductor region of the second conductivity type provided between the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions of the first conductivity type.