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    What are micro-chips made off?

    Question #60206. Asked by chris42. (Oct 27 05 3:34 AM)


    my_baby_love

    		Plastic and tiny pieces of metal.

    Oct 27 05, 5:02 AM
    peasypod

    		How about silicon?

    Oct 27 05, 5:41 AM
    UT-7

    		Microchips are made on thin disks of silicon, called wafers.The circuits are actually built by layering insulators and conductors into a sandwich.The insulator used in microchips is silicon dioxide. The conductor used in microchips is polysilicon.Then photolithography is used for printing circuits on microchips.
    Then microchip is glued to ceramic or plastic substrate. The microchip has to communicate with the outside world, it needs electrical connections. To create this connections, complex wiring machines attach wires to the microchip.

    Oct 27 05, 7:14 AM
    purple_queen

    		realy small potatoes?

    Oct 27 05, 11:12 AM
    Flynn_17

    		Are we talking the computer part of those horrible microwavable chips you get here in the UK?

    Oct 27 05, 4:06 PM
    UT-7

    		We are talking about microchip's technology
    in general.
    A microchip is, properly, an integrated circuit.

    Oct 27 05, 5:06 PM
    roosters_gal

    		Sand & silica

    Oct 27 05, 10:49 PM

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