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Willard Boyle
Willard S. Boyle | |
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| Born | August 19, 1924 |
| Died | May 7, 2011 (aged 86) |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Alma mater | McGill University Lower Canada College |
| Known for | Charge-coupled device |
| Awards | IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award Draper Prize Nobel Prize in Physics (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied physics |
| Institutions | Bell Labs |
Willard Sterling Boyle, CC (August 19, 1924– May 7, 2011)[2] was a Canadian physicist[3][4] and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device.[5] On October 6, 2009, he won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor".[6]
- ↑ Jeffrey, Davene. "Willard Boyle, Nova Scotian Nobel Prize winner, dies at 86". The Chronicle Herald.ca. Retrieved 9 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Nobel laureate dies Saturday". Amherst Daily News. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ↑ Bellair, Amber (6 October 2009). "From Lester Pearson to today". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ↑ Chang, Kenneth (7 October 2009). "Nobel Awarded for Harnessing Light". The New York Times. p. A20. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ↑ "Canadian scientist shares Nobel physics prize". The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009". Nobel Foundation. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
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