charge coupled device 

Initialism: CCD
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08230
Device that stores information in the form of charge packets in an array of closely spaced capacitors.
Notes:
  1. The packets can be transferred from one capacitor to the next sequentially by electronic manipulation, so that the information contained in the array can be sequentially read electronically.
  2. In spectroscopy, the charge packets are created by interaction with electromagnetic radiation and the devices are extremely sensitive detectors for near infrared and visible radiation.
Source:
PAC, 2021, 93, 647. (Glossary of methods and terms used in analytical spectroscopy (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)) on page 653 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'charge coupled device' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08230 RIS BibTex EndNote
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