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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Yamashita, Hsinchu, TW;
Takeshi Kojima, Kawasaki, JP;
Ginjiro Toyoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takeru Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit, a first holding unit configured to hold electric charge, a second holding unit configured to hold electric charge, a first transfer unit configured to connect the photoelectric conversion unit and the first holding unit, a second transfer unit configured to connect the first holding unit and the second holding unit, and a third transfer unit configured to connect the photoelectric conversion unit and a power supply, a first operation mode and a second operation mode are selectively executed.