- a very small electronic circuit consisting of an assembly of elements made from a chip of semiconducting material, such as crystalline silicon
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in′tegrated cir′cuit, [Electronics.]
- Electronics, Electricitya circuit of transistors, resistors, and capacitors constructed on a single semiconductor wafer or chip, in which the components are interconnected to perform a given function. Abbr.: IC Also called microcircuit.
- 1955–60
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integrated circuit n
'integrated circuit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cartridge
- chip
- chipset
- hybrid
- microcircuit
- microprocessor
- monolithic
- semiconductor
- track
- biochip
- hybrid chip
- -ic
- LSI
- microcircuitry
- MSI
- operational amplifier
- pin
- VLSI
- wafer
- SSI