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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Fujiyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Watanabe, Honjo, JP;
Keigo Yokoyama, Honjo, JP;
Masato Ofuji, Takasaki, JP;
Jun Kawanabe, Kumagaya, JP;
Hiroshi Wayama, Saitama, JP;
Kazuya Furumoto, Saitama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A radiation imaging apparatus has a plurality of pixels including a plurality of imaging pixels for obtaining a radiation image and a detecting pixel for detecting radiation, a plurality of column signal lines, and a detection signal line corresponding to the detecting pixel. Each of the imaging pixels includes a first conversion element configured to convert radiation into an electrical signal, and a first switch arranged between the first conversion element and a corresponding column signal line among the plurality of column signal lines. The detecting pixel includes a second conversion element configured to convert radiation into an electrical signal, and a second switch arranged between the second conversion element and the detection signal line.