charge-coupled device

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charge-coup·led device (chärj

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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

(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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Charge-coupled device technology provides the metal analysis.

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Using a charge-coupled device, the Stuttgart group showed that siloxene materials can emit a rainbow of colors, including porous silicon's red and blue, a color not yet reported from porous silicon and one crucial for creating color displays or signs, Brandt says.

New approach makes silicon's red glow blue by Pennisi, Elizabeth / Science News

As the largest European manufacturer of charge-coupled device (CCD) and laser-based bar code readers and mobile computers, Datalogic has been a long-standing strategic partner of ScanSource Europe.

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