Patent ID: 9509926
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H03M,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a plurality of analog signal output units including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of analog signal output units configured to output an analog signal based on a pixel of the plurality of pixels; and a plurality of signal processing units; each of the plurality of signal processing units being provided correspondingly to one of the plurality of analog signal output units and including a gain application unit and an AD conversion unit, the gain application unit being configured to apply a gain to an analog signal, wherein the gain application unit, has an input node and an output node, the input node being connected to the one of the plurality of analog signal output units, the output node being connected to the AD conversion unit, and includes a first path and a second path, one of the first path and the second path outputs an output signal based on the analog signal, the first path includes a switch configured to comprise a short-circuit between the input node and the output node in ON state, and the first path outputs the analog signal as the output signal in ON state of the switch, the second path is a path in which the output signal (Vpix the AD conversion unit being configured to convert, from analog to digital, the first amplified signal or the second amplified signal output from the gain application unit.