What is an Integrated Circuit?
An integrated circuit or IC is an array of electronic circuits formed by many electronic components like resistors, transistors, capacitors, and so on, on a semiconductor material to perform operations.
All these components and semiconductors base unites and made a single chip called an integrated circuit or integrated chip.
Types of Integrated Circuits
- Digital Integrated Circuits: Digital ICs do not operate on the overall level of signal amplitude but only operate on few defined levels. These are designed by several digital logic gates, flip flops, multiplexers, and other electronic components.
- Analog Integrated Circuits: An Analog integrated circuit operates over a continuous range of signals. They are divided into Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits and linear Integrated Circuits.
- Mixed Integrated Circuits: Mixed Integrated Circuits are the combination of digital and analog ICs and function as Analog to Digital converter and Digital to Analog converter, (D/A and A/D converters).
- Logic Circuits: They are designed by using logic gates that work with binary output and input (0 or 1). They are used as decision-makers.
- Switching ICs: Switching ICs are used for performing the switching operation and are designed by using transistors.
- Timer ICs: Timer ICs are used to keep track of time in applications.
- Voltage Regulator ICs: These ICs offer a stable DC output.