Patent ID: 9723236
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H01L,H04N

Claim:
1. A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising: a control unit and a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, the photoelectric conversion unit including, a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and is configured to store signal charges, and an insulating layer disposed between the photoelectric conversion layer and the second electrode, wherein the control unit sets, in a part of the plurality of pixels, a magnitude relationship between a potential of the first electrode and a potential of the second electrode, in a first relationship in which a potential of the first electrode is lower than a potential of the second electrode, the control unit changes, in the part of the plurality of pixels, the magnitude relationship from the first relationship to a second relationship opposite to the first relationship, in a period, the control unit sets, in other part of the plurality of pixels, the magnitude relationship in the second relationship; and the control unit changes, in the other part of the plurality of pixels, the magnitude relationship from the second relationship to the first relationship, in the period.