microelectronics Definition
micro·elec·tron·ics (mī′krō ē′lek trän′iks)
noun
the science dealing with the theory, design, and applications of microcircuits
Etymology: micro- + electronics
microelectronics Related Forms
mi′cro·e′lec·tron′ic adjective
microelectronics Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- modern: It benefits from the latest technology in modern microelectronics!
- digital: As we gain confidence, we will learn not just to shrink digital microelectronics but to go where no digital circuit has gone before.
Modifies a noun
- industry: Whilst 50 years ago the microelectronics industry was funded largely by MOD, this is not true of the situation nowadays.
- technology: EUROPRACTICE is an EC initiative which aims to stimulate the wider exploitation of state of the art microelectronics technologies by European industry.
- sector: First we shall set the scene for defining the management process in an SME trading in the microelectronics sector in the United Kingdom.
- company: Early Achievement Scottish Enterprise is funding an industrial PhD studentship to facilitate a collaboration with a Scottish microelectronics company.
- fabrication: Southampton has a microelectronics fabrication facility and the National Optoelectronics Research Center; satellite engineering, mobile communications systems, computer vision at Surrey.
- production: It is also likely to be useful to people with experience of microelectronics production who are planning to moving to a design role.
Noun used with modifier
silicon: These will transform our lives to a far greater extent than silicon microelectronics did in the 20th Century.
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