George E. Smith
George E. Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 10, 1930 |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (Ph.D. 1959) University of Pennsylvania (B.S. 1955) |
| Known for | Charge-coupled device |
| Awards | IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1974) Draper Prize (2006) Nobel Prize in Physics (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Bell Labs |
George Elwood Smith (born May 10, 1930) is an American scientist and co-inventor of the Charge-coupled device. He was awarded a quarter-share in the the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor".[1]
Smith was born in White Plains, New York, and attained his B.S. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1955 and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1959. He worked at Bell Labs from 1959 to 1986, where he led research into novel lasers and semiconductor devices.
In 1969, Smith and Willard Boyle invented the Charge-Coupled Device (CCD), for which they have been joint recipients of the Franklin Institute’s Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1973, the 1974 IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award, the 2006 Charles Stark Draper Prize, and the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics.
References
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009, Nobel Foundation, 2009-10-06, retrieved 2009-10-06.