GEORGE E. SMITH

2009 Nobel Laureate in Physics

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

• Born: May 10, 1930
• Place of birth: White Plains, NY
• Nationality: United States
• Residence: United States
• Affiliation: Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Retired
• Education:
  • University of Pennsylvania, BS, 1955
  • University of Chicago, PhD, 1959

• Books on Charge Coupled Devices

• Prize co-recipient:Charles K. Kao
• Prize co-recipient:Willard S. Boyle
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• History of CCDs
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