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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshikazu Yamazaki, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H04N 5/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion device has a pixel area including an effective pixel row and a reference pixel row, the reference pixel row containing a plurality of reference pixel pairs, each pair composed of a first reference pixel and a second reference pixel arranged adjacent to each other. The first and second reference pixels output reference signals having different signal levels and independent of the quantity of incident light.