Patent ID: 8804020

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising: a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in rows and columns; signal processing units that are provided in correspondence with the columns of the pixel array, the signal processing units including a plurality of analog-to-digital converters that converts signals output from the plurality of pixels into digital signals; an output unit having two or more output terminals and including a plurality of output blocks provided in correspondence with the output terminals; and a synchronizing signal generating unit for outputting a synchronizing signal, wherein signal processing units in a plurality of columns are arranged as a block, wherein the plurality of output blocks outputs signals output from a plurality of signal processing units that belongs to the same block, and wherein the photoelectric conversion apparatus further comprises a synchronizing code adding unit for adding a synchronizing code to the signals output from each of the plurality of output blocks, in synchronization with the synchronizing signal, wherein the synchronizing code includes information regarding a position of the output block.