George E. Smith
Nobel prize winning American physicist · United States · Scientists · Lived 1930 to 2025 · aged 95
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Something wrong?He co-invented the CCD sensor - the chip that turned light into digital information and made possible everything from smartphone cameras to the Hubble Space Telescope's deepest images of the universe.
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George Elwood Smith was born May 10, 1930. An American applied physicist, he co-invented the charge-coupled device with Willard Boyle - a semiconductor circuit that could capture and convert light into electronic signals. The breakthrough reshaped imaging technology across medicine, astronomy, and consumer electronics. For that work, Smith shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died May 28, 2025.
In common with George
Willard BoyleBoth received Edwin H. Land Medal
Philo FarnsworthBoth received IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
Vladimir K. ZworykinBoth received IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
John WarnockBoth received Edwin H. Land Medal
Arthur Leonard SchawlowBoth received IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
Nick HolonyakBoth received IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial AwardFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.