charge-coup·led device (chärj k p  ld)n. A device made up of semiconductors arranged in such a way that the electric charge output of one semiconductor charges an adjacent one. |
charge-coupled device
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(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) 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 Abbreviation CCD
| charge-coupled device A device made up of semiconductors arranged in such a way that the electric charge output of one semiconductor charges an adjacent one. |
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