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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohisa Kinugasa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/361 (2011.01); H04N 5/363 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/361 (2013.01); H04N 5/363 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photoelectric-conversion element configured to output electric charges generated by photoelectric conversion to a first node, and an accumulation circuit having an input terminal connected to the first node and being capable of changing an integral capacitance value. The number of drain or source of a MOS transistor in an OFF state connected to the first node is one.