Willard S. Boyle

Willard S. Boyle

Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

“for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor”

Willard S. Boyle was a physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009 for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit, the CCD sensor. The CCD sensor became widely used in digital imaging.

Field
Physics · Applied Physics
Lifespan
1924–2011