George E. Smith - Nobel Prize in Physics — 2009
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George E. Smith

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 2009
for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor
Together with: Charles K. Kao , Willard Boyle
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
5/10/1930
place of birth
White Plains
date of death
5/28/2025
place of death
Barnegat Township
Lived
95 years

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educated at
  • University of Chicago
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • end time: 1959
  • University of Pennsylvania
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Science
    • end time: 1955
employer
  • Bell Labs
field of work
  • image processing
  • semi-conductor laser
  • charge-coupled device
  • history of technology
  • video technology
  • physics
  • electronic component
occupation
  • scientist
  • photographer
  • inventor
  • physicist
member of
  • National Academy of Engineering
  • American Physical Society
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