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Charge-coupled device (CCD) is a semiconductor technology used to build light-sensitive electronic devices such as digital cameras and image scanners. CCDs can be made to detect either individual colors (such as RGB) or grayscale ranges. Each CCD chip consists of an array of light-sensitive photocells. The photocell is sensitized by giving it an electrical charge prior to exposure.[1]

History

Future Apple Computer CEO Gil Amelio collaborated in the invention and demonstration of the first CCD while studying for his Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1970.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Charge-coupled device at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing. 2006-04-29.
  2. ↑ "Experimental Verification of the Charge Coupled Device Concept", April 1970, pp. 593–600. 
  3. ↑ The Rise and Fall of Apple’s Gil Amelio, Low End Mac. 2013-08-10.

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