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charge-coupled device
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See CCD.


(electronics)charge-coupled device - (CCD) A semiconductor technology used to build light-sensitive electronic devices such as cameras and image scanners. CCDs can be made to detect either colour or black-and-white. Each CCD chip consists of an array of light-sensitive photocells. The photocell is sensitised by giving it an electrical charge prior to exposure.


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Using a solid state charge coupled device (CCD) instead of conventional photomultiplier detectors, the Assure desktop spectrometer provides many of the analytical operations of larger laboratory units with greater flexibility and lower cost.
WATERLOO, Ontario -- DALSA Corporation (TSX:DSA) announced today it has received a contract to supply Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensor chips to Mamiya, a leading manufacturer of professional "medium format" cameras.
The chip will be used in systems that employ charge coupled device (CCD) image sensors designed and manufactured by Kodak.
 
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