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《电子信息工程专业英语教程》 Unit 1 Electronic Devices Lesson 1 VLSI Technology 《电子信息工程专业英语教程》任治刚 主编 电子工业出版社 Lesson 1 VLSI Technology Outline Transistor and vacuum tube (para.1, 2) Transistors and ICs (para.3) Semiconductors and ICs (para.4, 5) Miniaturization: from LSI to VLSI (para.6, 7, 8, 9) Invented by Bell Lab in 1948 A digital switch … A solid state device … Advantages over vacuum tube in size, speed, price and power consumption etc., … Originally, … Like other discrete devices, … Invention of integrated circuit … Integrated circuit vs. discrete circuit Integrated circuit = IC = chip Semiconductors : a special material Conduct electricity … Silicon: the most commonly used semiconductor Transistors created on ICs … First IC in history invented by TI in 1959 Miniaturization: the key to IC tech. LSI: hundreds of transistors … VLSI: millions of transistors … The first VLSI microprocessor: Intel 4004 introduced in 1971 … Structure It takes (took, will take) … time to… Reading/writing techniques 给事物下定义的方法 利用主语或表语从句进行强调 Vocabulary device ，conduct，discrete， manipulate ，component， implement After the invention of the integrated circuit, it took very little time to realize the tremendous benefits of miniaturizing and integrating larger numbers of transistors into the same integrated circuit. 集成电路发明后不久，人们很快就意识到了小型化和将大量晶体管集成到同一块集成电路的巨大好处。 给事物下定义的方法 In short, a transistor is a device that conducts a variable amount of electricity through it, depending on how much electricity is input to it. In other words, it is a digital switch. However, unlike the vacuum tube , it is solid state. This means that it doesnt change its physical form as it switches. There are no moving parts in a transistor. 利用主语或表语从句进行强调 The transistor is what started the evolution of the modern computer industry in motion. 此句可译为：晶体管（的发明）启动了现代计算机工业的蓬勃发展进程。本句采用what 引导的从句做表语，是一种对主语“the transistor”进行强调的表达方式。 利用主语或表语从句进行强调 What allowed the creation of modern processors was the invention of