charge-coupled device

[ chahrj-kuhp-uhld ]

noun

, Electronics.

1. a semiconductor chip with a grid of light-sensitive elements, used for converting light images, as in a television camera, into electrical signals. : CCD

charge-coupled device

noun

1. computing an electronic device, used in imaging and signal processing, in which information is represented as packets of electric charge that are stored in an array of tiny closely spaced capacitors and can be moved from one capacitor to another in a controlled way CCD

charge-coupled device

1. A device made up of semiconductors arranged in such a way that the electric charge output of one semiconductor charges an adjacent one.

Word History and Origins

Origin of charge-coupled device¹

First recorded in 1970–75