George E. Smith is an American scientist and co-inventor of the Charge-coupled device. A specially developed CCD used for ultraviolet imaging in a wire bonded package. ...

Smith worked at Bell Labs from 1959 to 1986, where he led research into novel lasers and semiconductor devices. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

In 1969, Smith and Willard Boyle invented the Charge-Coupled Device (CCD), for which they have been joint recipients of the Franklin Institute’s Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1973, the IEEE’s 1974 Morris Liebmann Award, and the 2006 Charles Stark Draper Prize. The Charles Stark Draper Prize is awarded by the National Academy of Engineering for the advancement of engineering and the education of the public about engineering. ...