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Charged Coupled Device (CCD)What does the CCD receive and store? - correct answer ✔✔Incoming light energy
What form does this energy come in? What does it convert from and to? - correct answer ✔✔Trapped
electrons; Converts it from an analog electrical to a digital signal
What is it attached to? - correct answer ✔✔An intensifying screen which fluoresces
When the CCD captures this light, what does it store the energy in the form of? - correct answer
✔✔Trapped electrons within each pixel
What happens when exposed? What are they converted from and to? - correct answer ✔✔Stored
electrons are "read out"; Converted from an analog electrical signal to a digital signal
How are the electrons converted? - correct answer ✔✔An analog to digital convertor (ADC)
Advantages? (3) - correct answer ✔✔1) Connections are protected from radiation
2) Less expensive
3) Been around for a while
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