Monolithic integrated circuit

Definition
A monolithic integrated circuit is

"A combination of passive or active "circuit elements" or both that:


 * (a) Are formed by means of diffusion processes, implantation processes or deposition processes in or on a single semiconducting piece of material, a so-called 'chip';
 * (b) Can be considered as indivisibly associated; and
 * (c) Perform the function(s) of a circuit."