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fog37
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Hello Forum,
I would like to understand why silicon, specifically, is used to make wafers (substrates) to make integrated circuits.
ICs are small and dense electric circuits. Are the various gates, resistors, capacitors, transistors and other components made by doping different regions of the semiconductor silicon wafer? Or electronic components installed on top of the silicon wafer? I am trying to understand how the relation between IC and the silicon wafer...
Metal traces are still need to create connections between all those components, correct?
thanks,
fog37
I would like to understand why silicon, specifically, is used to make wafers (substrates) to make integrated circuits.
ICs are small and dense electric circuits. Are the various gates, resistors, capacitors, transistors and other components made by doping different regions of the semiconductor silicon wafer? Or electronic components installed on top of the silicon wafer? I am trying to understand how the relation between IC and the silicon wafer...
Metal traces are still need to create connections between all those components, correct?
thanks,
fog37