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Paragraph 98 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS IN THIS ANNEX

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“Monolithic integrated circuit” (3) means a combination of passive or active “circuit elements” or both which:

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.

  • N.B.: “Circuit element”: a single active or passive functional part of an electronic circuit, such as one diode, one transistor, one resistor, one capacitor, etc.