WILLARD S. BOYLE

2009 Nobel Laureate in Physics

for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor.

• Born: August 19, 1924
• Place of birth: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Nationality: Canada
• Residence: Canada
• Affiliation: Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Retired
• Education:
  • McGill University, BSc. 1947
  • McGill University, MSc. 1948
  • McGill University, PhD. 1950

• Books on Charge Coupled Devices

• Prize co-recipient:Charles K. Kao
• Prize co-recipient:George E. Smith
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