Electronic Engineering 13

 

 

VOCABULARY IN USE

 

11. Complete the summary of the text with the following words:

 

advantagessubstrateminiaturized

 

discretesemiconductorsmanufacture

 

magnitudecircuitsconductivity

 

integratedinsulator

 

Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics. It is related to the study and (1) __________ of tiny electronic components made from (2) __________ – materials having an electrical (3) __________ due to flowing electrons intermediate in (4) __________

 

between that of a conductor and an (5) __________. Electronic and microelectronic components can be packaged singly or in (6) __________ composed of

 

individual electronic components. An

 

(7) __________ circuit is a (8) __________ electroniccircuit that has been manufactured in the surface of a thin (9) __________ of semiconductor material. The two main (10) __________ of ICs over (11)

 

__________ circuits are cost and performance.

 

 

Now go back to ex. 3 – 8 and mark the studied words and word combinations in Text A. Reproduce the contexts found (1). Then reuse these words and word combinations in the contexts of your own (2).

 

Example:

 

Integrated circuits – (1) Integrated circuits are used in almost all electronic equipment in use today –

 

(2) An integrated circuit is a semiconductor wafer on which thousands or millions of tiny resistors, capacitors, and transistors are fabricated.