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charge-coupled device

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charge-coupled device (CCD),
an array of semiconductors so arranged that the output of each serves as the input of the next. CCDs are often used to convert light patterns into electrical signals. See also charge-coupled image sensor.


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Boyle and Smith shared the other half of the prize for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit -- the CCD sensor," or the charge-coupled device, which is the "electronic eye" of the digital camera.
Boyle, a Canadian-US citizen, and Smith, a 79-year-old American, shared the other half of the prize for inventing an imaging semiconductor circuit -- the charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor, which is the "electronic eye" of the digital camera.
Boyle, a Canadian-US citizen, and Smith, a 79-year-old American, shared the other half of the prize for inventing an imaging semiconductor circuit -- the charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor, which is the "electronic eye" of the digital camera.
 
 
 
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