# W Boyle — Patents explained on PatentBrief

W Boyle has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Buried Channel CCDs Move Data Deep Inside Silicon Chips](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/3792322/ccd-image-sensor) — granted 1974
  A foundational 1974 invention that improved how computer chips store and move electrical charges by keeping them away from messy surface defects.

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