US 12,443,027 B2
Photoelectric conversion device, camera module, endoscope, endoscope system, and apparatus
Kazunori Matsuyama, Kanagawa (JP); and Noriyuki Shikina, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/539,789.
Application 18/539,789 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/019793, filed on May 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-103548 (JP), filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0111146 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 23/24 (2006.01); H04N 25/74 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H10F 77/00 (2025.01)
CPC G02B 23/2484 (2013.01) [H04N 25/74 (2023.01); H04N 25/772 (2023.01); H10F 77/95 (2025.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising:
a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged so as to form a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns;
a drive controller configured to drive the pixel array;
a horizontal transfer unit configured to sequentially output analog signals respectively output from a plurality of columns of the pixel array;
an AD converter configured to convert an analog signal output from the horizontal transfer unit into a digital signal;
a first clock generator configured to generate a clock signal used to control an operation of the drive controller; and
a second clock generator configured to generate a clock signal used to control the horizontal transfer unit and the AD converter, wherein
a clock tree in which a clock signal is distributed from the first clock generator and a clock tree in which a clock signal is distributed from the second clock generator form clock trees different from each other.