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microelectronics, n. pl. (usu. const. as sing.).|ˌmaɪkrəʊiːlɛkˈtrɒnɪks, -ɛlɛkˈtrɒnɪks|
Also micro-electronics.
[f. micro- 2 a + electronics.]
a. The branch of technology concerned with the design, manufacture, and use of microcircuits.
b. Microelectronic devices or circuits.
1960K. Amis New Maps of Hell (1961) i. 19 Even if the problem of fitting all that machinery into a container on the human scale would require the development of a kind of micro-electronics that for the time being, one would imagine, is at a rudimentary stage [etc.]. 1967New Scientist 11 May 342/2 Complete radio and TV sets have been built experimentally with 90 per cent microelectronics. Ibid. 342/3 There are..practical difficulties in packaging microelectronics in order to make the best use of their inherently high reliability. 1968Brit. Med. Bull. XXIV. 192/2 Micro-electronics is having a profound effect on the application of computer power. 1970Daily Tel. 8 May 21 Microelectronics, developed for American space and military hardware, is a way of miniaturising large circuits so that up to 100 transistors and associated components take up no more space than a pinhead. 1974Nature 8 Feb. 338/2 Every week seems to bring a new idea for making use of ion implants in microelectronics.
So ˌmicroelecˈtronic a.
1960Proc. Western Joint Computer Conf. 251/1 Microelectronic data processing systems are analyzed. 1967New Scientist 11 May 342/1 Many ground and airborne radar systems, missiles and communications receivers for all three services are being developed in microelectronic form. 1973Sci. Amer. Apr. 65/1 The size of microelectronic circuits has decreased to the point where their surface dimensions are measured in microns..and their thickness in angstroms. |