George Elwood Smith

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George Elwood Smith

George Elwood Smith (born May 10, 1930 in White Plains ) is an American physicist. He is co-inventor of the Charge-Coupled Device (CCD).

Smith worked at Bell Laboratories from 1959 to 1986 , where he advanced research into novel lasers and semiconductor components.

In 1969, Smith and Willard Boyle invented the charge-coupled device. For this they both received the Franklin Institute Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1973 .

In 2009, together with Willard Boyle, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the CCD. In 2017 he received the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering .

George E. Smith is a radio amateur and holds the US callsign AA2EJ.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nobelprize.org: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009
  2. ^ ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio: George E. Smith, AA2EJ, Wins Nobel Prize , November 6, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Smith, George Elwood
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, George E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH White Plains