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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Hajime Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuhito Goden, Machida, JP;
Keisuke Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Toshinori Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor apparatus includes a first photodiode arranged in a semiconductor substrate, a second photodiode arranged in the semiconductor substrate, a charge voltage conversion part connected to a cathode of the first photodiode and an anode of the second photodiode and configured to convert a charge amount in accordance with electrons generated in the first photodiode and holes generated in the second photodiode into a voltage, and a signal generation part configured to generate a signal in accordance with the voltage of the charge voltage conversion part.