Ing taun 1969, Smith lan Willard Boyle nemokaké Charge-Coupled Device (CCD), kang padha bebarengan nampa Franklin Institute's Stuart Ballantine Medal ing taun 1973, 1974 IEEE N. Morris Liebmann Memorial Award, 2006 Charles Draper Stark Prize, lan 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics. Pitakonan: Sapa sing ngladeni Smith ing taun 1969?
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