Patent ID: 11962925
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 31:
32. A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising:
a pixel including a photoelectric conversion portion, a capacitor element, and an output circuit, the output circuit including an input node to receive a signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion portion and being configured to output a signal based on the signal charge; and
an analog-to-digital conversion circuit configured to perform an analog-to-digital conversion on the signal,
wherein the capacitor element is electrically connected to the input node via a transistor and forms a part of a capacitance of the input node, and
wherein conversion resolutions for analog-to-digital conversion to be performed on a first signal output from the output circuit in a case where the capacitor element and the input node are electrically connected and on a second signal output from the output circuit in a case where the capacitor element and the input node are not electrically connected are different.