Photoelectric conversion device having a holding circuit with a plurality of holding units provided for each of a plurality of columns of pixels and method of driving photoelectric conversion device
US10225496B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F55/15
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array including pixels arranged in rows and columns, each of the pixels being configured to output a pixel signal, and including an optical filter and a photoelectric conversion unit, wherein the optical filters of different colors are arranged for each rows and each columns, a holding circuit including first holding units for each of the columns, the first holding units being configured to respectively hold the pixel signals read out from the pixels including the optical filters of different colors in one column of the pixel array in parallel, an output signal line, and a readout circuit configured to successively read out the pixel signals of pixels including the optical filters of the same color from the first holding units for each of the columns to the output signal line.
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