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Charge-Coupled Device

Canada · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1969Date range
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Chronological records

1969

Willard Boyle1969

Murray Hill · Science / Technology

With George Smith, invents the CCD, storing and shifting packets of electronic charge across semiconductor pixels.

Names involved

Willard Boyle

Provenance

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