IEEE Spectrum Tech Talk blog has two posts questioning Smith’s and Boyle's ownership of the CCD idea (
Post #1,
Post #2 with comments). The posts suggest that the idea originally came from their Bell Labs collegue Eugene Gordon.
Thanks to E.F. for sending me the link.
Update: As said in comments, there is another
post saying that the CCD idea originator is Michael F. Tompsett.
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