Steven Sasson went to work for Kodak in 1973, The New York Times reports. He was tasked with figuring out whether a “charged coupled device” (C.C.D.) had any practical application.

Object Details Manufacturer Scientific Imaging Technologies, Inc. Summary This is a charge coupled device (CCD), SITE Model SI 424, representative of the 30 CCDs used in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey ...

This charge coupled device (CCD), SITE Model SI502AF, is typical of those used in space flight applications in the 1980's. It has 512x512 pixels, or electronic diodes, and is back illuminated. Diodes ...