Integrated circuits (Topical Term)

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Science & technology encyclopedia, the University of Chicago Press, 1999: (Integrated circuit (IC); Complete miniature electronic circuit incorporating semiconductor devices such as the transistor and resistor. The components of a monolithic integrated circuit occupy the surface layers of a single crystal of silicon (commonly called a silicon chip). Hybrid integrated circuits have separate components attached on a ceramic base. Components in both types are joined by conducting film. Among their many uses, integrated circuits are found in pocket calculators and microcomputers)

Here are entered works on devices created by microlithographic etching and film deposition on silicon compounds. Works on electronic components manufactured by printing electrically functional inks, which are usually polymers, on a substrate are entered under Printed electronics. Works on printing conductive paths printed on a substrate onto which individual components are mounted are entered under. Printed circuits.

Note under Printed electronics; Printed circuits