A television camera in which the light-sensitive target area consists of an array of charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Exposure to light energy results in the generation of electron-hole pairs in the semiconductor substrate (see photoconductivity); the number of electron-hole pairs generated is a function of the light intensity. The majority carriers migrate into the bulk material and the minority carriers accumulate in the potential wells at the electrodes of the CCDs. The accumulated charge is transferred into other nonphotosensitive CCD storage sites during the retrace intervals of the television display system and is then transferred to the output device while further signals are being generated.