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Microelectronics is a subfield of Electronics. Microelectronics, as the name suggests, is related to study of electronic components which are very small.

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The basic units are-
transistors, wire or conductors, and resistors or insulators.
The basic units are
transistors, capacitors, inductors, resistors, diodes and insulators and conductors.

Transistors are active devices, in that they amplify power. There are other posibilities for active devices, but they are rare. ([Josephson junction]?s and nanotubes? comes to mind).

Digital integrated circuits consist mostly of transistors. Analog circuits contains resistors and capacitors as well. Inductors are used in high frequency analog circuits, but tend to occupy large chip area if used at low frequencies.

Passive devices are ideally two-terminal devices: resistors, capacitors, inductors and diodes.
Parasitic (unwanted) components may form additional terminals towards e.g., the substrate.


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1. Ashutosh Saxena 11/08/2001 IIT Kanpur Introduction to Microelectronics
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