Willard Boyle
Willard Sterling Boyle, CC (August 19, 1924 – Mey 7, 2011) wis a Canadian pheesicist,[4] pioneer in the field o laser technology an co-inventor o the chairge-coupled device.[5] On October 6, 2009, it wis announced that he would share the 2009 Nobel Prize in Pheesics for "the invention o an eemagin semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which haes acome an electronic ee in awmaist aw auries o photografie".[2]
 Willard S. Boyle | |
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| Born | 19 August 1924 Amherst, Nova Scotia |
| Died | 7 Mey 2011 (aged 86) Wallace, Nova Scotia [1] |
| Residence | Canadae |
| Citizenship | Canadae an Unitit States[2] |
| Alma mater | McGill Varsity Lower Canada College |
| Kent for | Chairge-coupled device[3] |
| Awairds | Stuart Ballantine Medal (1973) IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Awaird (1974) Draper Prize (2006) Nobel Prize in Pheesics (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applee'd pheesics |
| Institutions | Bell Labs |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ "Willard Boyle". The Telegraph. London. 2011-05-16. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Willard S. Boyle - Biographical". Nobelprize.org. Stockholm: Noble Foundation. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
- ↑ Smith, George (2011). "Willard Boyle (1924–2011) Physicist who helped invent the 'eye of the digital camera'". Nature. 474 (7349): 37. doi:10.1038/474037a. PMID 21637246.
- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (2009-10-07). "Nobel Awarded for Harnessing Light". The New York Times. New York. p. A20. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ↑ "Canadian scientist shares Nobel physics prize". CBC News. Toronto. 2009-10-06. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2015-09-22.