Bell Labs 256x220 camera
CCD sensor
Developmental CCD Cameras
The CCD camera's sensor, like the tubed cameras that preceded it, evolved over a period of time before a stage was reached that was suitable for broadcast use.
This page lists some, but not all, of those early cameras.
More information/pictures/data sought.
List of early CCD sensor chips & Notes
General Electric TN-2000
c.1976
CID imager 244x188
CCTV monochrome
Camera pictures/info
Period advert
RCA Experimental Model
The report in the RCA review is dated 1972 but the camera was made some years previously.
EEV Photon CCD
1986
CCD type P85000 or P86000
CCTV monochrome
Product brochure
Camera pictures/info
Period advert
EEV Sentinel CCD
1986-7
CCD type P85000 or P86000
CCTV monochrome
Product brochure
Camera pictures/info
Period advert
GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley
CCD sensor type MA357 14x10mm.
575 Horizontal lines for 625 systems.
Report in Wireless World jan 1981 p41
"Claimed to be the first commercially available CCD sensor with full 625 line capability"
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