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An integrated circuit is a tiny electronic device or component. Using a certain process, the transistors, resistors, capacitors and inductors required in a circuit and wiring
are interconnected together, made on a small or several small pieces of semiconductor chips or dielectric substrates, and then packaged in a tube shell to become a
miniature structure with the required circuit functions; All components have been structurally formed as a whole, making electronic components a big step forward
in terms of miniaturization, low power consumption, intelligence and high reliability. It is represented in the circuit by the letter "IC". The integrated circuit was
invented by Jack Kilby (Ge based integrated circuit) and Robert Noyce (Si based integrated circuit). The majority of applications in today's semiconductor
industry are silicon-based integrated circuits.
Integrated circuit or microcircuit (microcircuit), microchip, chip (chip) in electronics is a way to miniaturize a circuit (mainly including semiconductor devices, but
also including passive components, etc.), and is usually manufactured on the surface of a semiconductor wafer.
The aforementioned integrated circuits that manufacture circuits on the surface of semiconductor chips are also known as thin-film integrated circuits.
Another thick-film hybrid integrated circuit (hybrid integrated circuit) is a miniaturized circuit composed of independent semiconductor devices and
passive components integrated into the substrate or circuit board.
Integrated circuit has the advantages of small size, light weight, less lead line and welding points, long life, high reliability, good performance, and low cost,
easy to large-scale production. It is not only widely used in industrial and civilian electronic equipment such as radio recorders, television sets,
computers, etc., but also widely used in military, communications, remote control and other aspects. The integrated circuit is used to assemble
electronic devices, and its assembly density can be increased by dozens to thousands of times compared with the transistor, and the
stable working time of the device can also be greatly improved.
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