integrated circuit
electrical circuit composed of many miniature transistors and other electronic components embedded in a tiny chip, IC (Electronics)
integrated circuits
electrical circuit which contains different electronic components (as in transistors) imprinted on a single chip
Integrated circuit
integrated circuit
Noun
1. a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component
(synonym) microcircuit
(hypernym) computer circuit
(part-holonym) chip, microchip, micro chip, silicon chip
integrated circuit (IC)
An electronic
circuit that consists of many individual circuit elements, such as transistors, diodes, resistors, capacitors, inductors, and other active and passive semiconductor devices, formed on a single
chip of semiconducting material and mounted on a single piece of substrate material. Synonyms chip (def.#1), microcircuit. [
From Weik '89]
integrated circuit
<
electronics> (IC, or "chip") A microelectronic
semiconductor device consisting of many interconnected transistors and other components. ICs are constructed ("fabricated") on a small rectangle (a "die") cut from a Silicon (or for special applications, Sapphire) wafer. This is known as the "substrate". Different areas of
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