Integrated Microcircuits Come in
The question arises: what is the reason for cutting the wafer into separate transistors and then placing each of them into a separate case and joining these with wires into an electric circuit? Couldn’t the transistors or other radio elements be joined together right inside the crystal? The thing is that1 digital calculators are assembled from just a few types of elements, viz The greatest advantage of planar technology is the possibility of packing several thousands of various elements into one crystal to be joined into a circuit. The latter is intended for performing certain functions, for instance, conversion of the signals received or data storage. Hence comes the integrated microcircuit. This is a circuit manufactured as a single package, a monolithic integrated circuit which has all the circuit components manufactured into and onto a chip of a semiconductor material. 1The thing is that – справа в тому, що / дело в том, что …
Exercise 18. Speak on the advantage of planar technology.
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. transistors, resistors, semiconductor diodes and capacitors. But each of these elements in one calculator circuit can occur hundreds of thousands of times. The planar [ ]technology allows us to to form all these elements and connecting wires in one crystal.
