Patent ID: 8922692

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising: a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in rows and columns; signal processing units that are provided in correspondence with the columns of the pixel array, the signal processing units being configured to output digital signals based on signals output from the plurality of pixels; a first output unit having a plurality of first output terminals and a plurality of first output blocks each provided in correspondence with a plurality of the first output terminals; a second output unit having one or more second output terminals and one or more second output blocks each provided in correspondence with the second output terminals; and an output selection unit for selectively transmitting signals output from the signal processing units to the first output unit or the second output unit, wherein the number of first output terminals is larger than the number of second output terminals, wherein a plurality of signal processing units in a part of the plurality of in columns are arranged as a block, wherein the plurality of first output blocks output signals output from a plurality of signal processing units that belong to the same block, and wherein the second output blocks output signals output from a plurality of signal processing units that belong to different blocks.