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virtual phase comparison table

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charge-coupled device integrating detector Highly sensitive photoelectric devices that can electronically record the intensity and point of arrival of tiny amounts of light. CCDs are placed at the receiving end of telescopes, to "take pictures" of very faint astronomical objects; they have almost completely replaced photographic plates.

virtual phase charge-coupled device 1 A type of CCD in which only one electrode is physically outside the silicon and is such as to obscure only half of the pixel. A specially doped layer under the transparent part acts as another or virtual electrode.

Subject	is a kind of	has number of electrode	has definition
charge-coupled device	integrating detector		Highly sensitive photoelectric devices that can electronically record the intensity and point of arrival of tiny amounts of light. CCDs are placed at the receiving end of telescopes, to "take pictures" of very faint astronomical objects; they have almost completely replaced photographic plates.
virtual phase	charge-coupled device	1	A type of CCD in which only one electrode is physically outside the silicon and is such as to obscure only half of the pixel. A specially doped layer under the transparent part acts as another or virtual electrode.

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