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Wow, circuits have so many different parts and connections.

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Resistors and capacitors have two connections.

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Transistors have three connections.

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But ICs, well, ICs can have lots of connections.

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So, why are you so different IC?

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Perhaps I could answer that question.

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Hey, you're an IC.

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Indeed.

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My name is Hans and I'm an integrated circuit.

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Well, pleasure to meet you.

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I've never met an integrated circuit before.

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Is that what IC stands for?

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Oh, ja.

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Ah! Integrated circuits, like me, contain a whole circuit inside of our handsome

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exterior.

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And that's why we have so many connections.

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Wait a minute. You have a whole circuit inside of you?

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Oh, yeah! It's true. If you built my circuit yourself, it would look like this.

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Whoa! That's pretty big!

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Yeah! If it wasn't for ICs, our electronics would be huge!

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People wouldn't be able to fit their phones in their pockets!

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Yikes!

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So, what we do is shrink the circuit down to a much smaller size.

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Amazing!

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Now that the circuit is completely put together, or integrated, into

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a tiny little package.

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So there's a little circuit board inside every IC?

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There is, but because we make it so small, it looks a bit different and it's much

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flatter.

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Wow! How could you make such a tiny circuit?

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We have robots, just like you, who can make a whole bunch of them at once.

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A bit like a sheet of cookies.

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Cookies? Sounds good to me.

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This batch here contains hundreds of tiny ICs.

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All we need to do is cut them apart and put each one in its own protective package.

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So you see, there's a lot going on inside of an integrated circuit.

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Why, yes Hans, I see.

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Get it?

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I see?

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Oh ho ho, yeah!

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A joke!

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[laughter]

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Sorry.

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We'll see you next time.