Integrated Circuits

Modified By: Ms. Norvelyn A. Ramil

Integrated Circuits
What’s in?

Transistor
Resistor
Diode
Capacitor
Conductive pathway

Integrated
Circuit
 What is it?
• A complex set of electronic components and their
interconnections that are imprinted onto a tiny
slice of semiconducting material.
• The integrated circuit's mass production
capability, reliability, and building-block approach
to circuit design ensured the rapid adoption of
standardized ICs in place of designs using discrete
transistors.
 What is it?
• The width of each conducting line in a circuit can
be made smaller and smaller as a technology
advances; in 2008 it dropped below 100
nanometers and has now been reduced to tens
of nanometers.
 What is it?

The number of components in a single

chip may vary. It can be just few or it can reach
up to hundreds of thousands. Modern chips
have millions or even billions of these
components.
 What is it?
1. Compactness
ICs reduce the overall size of an electronic device since they
are very small. This makes ICs more economic in terms of
space. The design of ICs is ergonomic.
 What is it?

2. Cost Efficient
ICs in appliances and other devices lowers maintenance
cost.
 What is it?

3. Energy Efficient
ICs are extremely small and requires less power
than equivalent discrete-component circuits.
 What is it?

• Due to its size, ICs cannot accommodate very large

current or voltages.
• Heat generated in small space would cause an
increase in temperature beyond the limit of the
device.
• ICs cannot be implemented in electrical devices.