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   ocr: CCD 0000008 - - CONTACT ELECTRICAL J SEMICONDUCIOR GRID 0000000 Light passing through the lenses forms an image on the CCD, or charge-coupled device. This S1S a semiconductor grid of thousands of points, or pixels. When light from the image hits : a pixel, - it produces an electric charge according to the color and brightness of the. - light.