Patent ID: 8817156
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising: a plurality of unit pixels each including a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, a pixel output unit for outputting a signal based on an electric charge generated by at least one of the first and second photoelectric conversion units, a first transfer unit for transferring an electric charge generated by the first photoelectric conversion unit to the pixel output unit; and a monitor unit for controlling an electric charge accumulation operation of the first photoelectric conversion unit of a first unit pixel of the plurality of unit pixels based on a signal output from the pixel output unit, the signal derived from an electric charge generated by the second photoelectric conversion unit of the first unit pixel; wherein the plurality of unit pixels are arranged in a first direction, and the first and second photoelectric conversion units are arranged in a second direction different from the first direction, no second photoelectric conversion unit is arranged between the first photoelectric conversion units of adjacent unit pixels, and no first photoelectric conversion unit is arranged between the second photoelectric conversion units of adjacent unit pixels.