Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system using photoelectric conversion apparatus

摘要

A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion area in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements (1) are arranged to convert incident light into electric charges, a plurality of amplifying units (4) are arranged to read and supply signals based on the electric charges of corresponding photoelectric conversion elements (1) to output lines (16), a plurality of transfer units (2) are arranged to transfer the electric charges of the corresponding photoelectric conversion elements (1) to input units (3) for corresponding amplifying units (4), and a plurality of voltage supply units (5) are arranged to supply to corresponding input units (3) voltages for setting the corresponding input units (3) to have first and second potentials are disposed two-dimensionally, and a plurality of voltage supply control units (11) are arranged to supply a voltage to corresponding voltage supply units (5) of the plurality of voltage supply units (5).