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microelectronics Definition

micro·elec·tron·ics (mī′krō ē′lek träniks)

noun

the science dealing with the theory, design, and applications of microcircuits

Etymology: micro- + electronics

microelectronics Related Forms

mi′cro·e′lec·tronic 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.