Charge-Coupled Device
With George Smith, invents the CCD, storing and shifting packets of electronic charge across semiconductor pixels.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Willard Boyle Biography and Timeline
Follow Willard Boyle through 2 dated historical records for Canada.
Willard Boyle, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
2Distinct records
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1969–2009Years on this page
1969
2009
Nobel Prize for CCD Imaging
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for invention of the imaging semiconductor circuit known as the CCD.
Records, sources and methodology
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