I is for IC

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[00:00:10.920] [unclear opening audio]
[00:00:31.000] Wow, circuits have so many different parts and connections.
[00:00:36.500] Resistors and capacitors have two connections.
[00:00:43.620] Transistors have three connections.
[00:00:49.000] But ICs, well, ICs can have lots of connections.
[00:00:56.680] So, why are you so different IC?
[00:01:00.680] Perhaps I could answer that question.
[00:01:03.980] Hey, you're an IC.
[00:01:06.100] Indeed.
[00:01:07.420] My name is Hans and I'm an integrated circuit.
[00:01:11.400] Well, pleasure to meet you.
[00:01:13.160] I've never met an integrated circuit before.
[00:01:16.380] Is that what IC stands for?
[00:01:18.360] Oh, ja.
[00:01:18.920] Ah! Integrated circuits, like me, contain a whole circuit inside of our handsome
[00:01:24.680] exterior.
[00:01:25.860] And that's why we have so many connections.
[00:01:28.980] Wait a minute. You have a whole circuit inside of you?
[00:01:32.460] Oh, yeah! It's true. If you built my circuit yourself, it would look like this.
[00:01:41.120] Whoa! That's pretty big!
[00:01:43.200] Yeah! If it wasn't for ICs, our electronics would be huge!
[00:01:49.260] People wouldn't be able to fit their phones in their pockets!
[00:01:52.760] Yikes!
[00:01:53.880] So, what we do is shrink the circuit down to a much smaller size.
[00:02:01.000] Amazing!
[00:02:02.300] Now that the circuit is completely put together, or integrated, into
[00:02:08.260] a tiny little package.
[00:02:09.500] So there's a little circuit board inside every IC?
[00:02:14.900] There is, but because we make it so small, it looks a bit different and it's much
[00:02:20.220] flatter.
[00:02:30.680] Wow! How could you make such a tiny circuit?
[00:02:34.680] We have robots, just like you, who can make a whole bunch of them at once.
[00:02:40.200] A bit like a sheet of cookies.
[00:02:42.920] Cookies? Sounds good to me.
[00:02:49.220] This batch here contains hundreds of tiny ICs.
[00:02:53.740] All we need to do is cut them apart and put each one in its own protective package.
[00:03:05.600] So you see, there's a lot going on inside of an integrated circuit.
[00:03:11.120] Why, yes Hans, I see.
[00:03:15.940] Get it?
[00:03:17.140] I see?
[00:03:19.120] Oh ho ho, yeah!
[00:03:21.440] A joke!
[00:03:22.580] [laughter]
[00:03:27.520] Sorry.
[00:03:42.300] We'll see you next time.