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The 28 pages that link to Charge-coupled device, each with the reason it gives.

• TelescopeRelated: Many optical telescopes use these detectors to record images with high sensitivity.

• Bell LabsBroader topic: Willard Boyle and George Smith invented it at Bell Labs, enabling digital imaging.

• PhotometryRelated: CCD images provide pixel values from which stellar fluxes are extracted.

• Image sensorBroader topic: Its serial charge transfer is one of the two defining ways an image sensor reads pixels.

• Digital cameraRelated: CCD sensors enabled early practical digital imaging.

• PhotodetectorBroader topic: It detects light across an image and moves the resulting pixel charges for readout.

• Transmission electron microscopyRelated: Scintillator-coupled CCD cameras have recorded TEM images digitally.

• PhotodiodeCompared with: Unlike a discrete photodiode detector, a CCD moves photocharge across an imaging array.

• PixelRelated: Its photosites collect light that is processed into digital image pixels.

• Space telescopeRelated: Many space telescopes use these detectors to record faint astronomical images.

• Latent imageCompared with: Its stored charge is an electronic exposure record, not a silver-halide image.

• Electron–hole pairBroader topic: Each absorbed photon can generate a pair whose electron contributes to a pixel’s signal.

• Astronomical instrumentRelated: CCD cameras replaced photographic plates in many applications through efficient digital recording.

• Quantum efficiencyBroader topic: Its wavelength-dependent efficiency affects sensitivity in astronomical and scientific imaging.

• Dark currentBroader topic: Charge accumulates during exposure, making its dark signal especially relevant for long integrations.

• Optical astronomyRelated: CCD cameras record faint optical images with high sensitivity and precision.

• X-ray detectorBroader topic: CCD-based X-ray systems collect photon-generated charge and read it as a digital image.

• Hubble Deep FieldRelated: Hubble's cameras accumulated faint galaxy light on these sensors across repeated exposures.

• PhotocopierRelated: Digital copiers use image sensors to capture the original before printing its copy.

• Astronomical instrumentationRelated: Charge-coupled devices turn focused astronomical light into digital images.

• George E. SmithBroader topic: Smith and Willard Boyle invented this device at Bell Labs in 1969.

• Image scannerRelated: CCD arrays detect light from the image as the scanner moves across it.

• Visible-light astronomyRelated: CCD cameras record the spatial distribution of visible photons across a telescope's field.

• Willard BoyleBroader topic: This is the device Boyle co-invented with Smith and the basis of his Nobel recognition.

• Video cameraRelated: CCD sensors enabled compact electronic video cameras without camera tubes.

• History of the cameraRelated: CCD sensors helped replace chemical film with electronic image capture.

• History of the telescopeRelated: CCD cameras replaced photographic plates in many observatories with greater sensitivity.

• Jane LuuRelated: Sensitive digital imaging made faint outer Solar System bodies detectable.