what is the difference between an integrated circuit, and a monolithic integrated circuit.?

Question

also, is there a difference in the laed content?

Answer 1

The vast majority of integrated circuits are monolithic. All that means is, if you open up the plastic or ceramic package, you will find a single 'die' inside.

Some ICs are hybrids. If you pop the lid off (or drill through the plastic, you will find a minature circuit board with several monolithic dice inside, all connected together.

Several radio-frequency (RF) type integrated circuits are hybrids. Intel even had a few in the past (Pentium Pro?) where the processor die and memory die were bundled together in one package. I used a motor controller IC that had many dice inside: resistors, capacitors, monolithics, and transistors.

As for lead count -- it has nothing to do with whether the inside is a hybrid or single die. The most leads (pins) on a single IC (monolithic die for an FPGA) that I know of is 1156. The leads come out the bottom to solder balls. That package type is called a ball-grid-array. The highest pin count for a hybrid that I have seen is 64 leads.

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Answer 2

Integrated circuits composed of semiconductors . Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to create the integrated circuits that are present in everyday electrical and electronic devices.

Answer 3

The original ICs were a collection of miniature components in a small space.
The monolithic is when the components were etched on a silicon substrate

Answer 4

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