| insulated-substrate monolithic circuit [`in·sǝ´lād·ǝd ¦sǝb´strāt ¦män·ǝ¦lith·ik `sǝr·kǝt] ELECTRONICS Integrated circuit which may be either an all-diffused device or a compatible structure so constructed that the components within the silicon substrate are insulated from one another by a layer of silicon dioxide, instead of reverse-biased pn junctions used for isolation in other techniques. |