Patent ID: 6940552

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a photoelectric conversion matrix in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements to which sensors and switching elements are connected are two-dimensionally arranged; a plurality of drive wires connected individually to the switching elements arranged in one direction of the photoelectric conversion matrix; a plurality of signal wires connected individually to the output side of the switching elements arranged in another direction of the photoelectric conversion matrix; a control means by which on-pulses are applied to the drive wires, and by which the switching elements connected to the respective drive wires are turned on; wherein the photoelectric conversion elements being driven in a photoelectric conversion mode, a signal electric-charge transfer mode and a refresh mode; and wherein, in the refresh mode, the control means are controlled such that the timing of respective on-pulses applied to at least two of the drive wires which are sequentially and consecutively turned on overlaps.