microinstruction
the set of microcom-
mands to be executed or not, enabled or not.
Each field of a microinstruction is a micro-
command.
microlithography
lithography involving
the printing of very small features, typically
on the order of micrometers or below in size.
micromachine
a fabrication process that
uses integrated circuit fabrication techniques
such as diffusion, oxidation, wet and dry
etching to realize mechanical and electrical
structures such as resonators, membranes,
cavities, waveguide structures and a variety
of thermal, medical, and chemical transduc-
ers.
micromemory
See
control memory
.
microphone
a device that converts acous-
tical signals into electrical signals.
microprocessor
a CPU realized on an LSI
or VLSI chip.
microprogram
a set of microcode asso-
ciated with the execution of a program.
microprogramming
the practice of writ-
ing microcode for a set of microinstructions.
microscopy
an imaging modality that
uses optical light, laser light, electrons, or an-
other radiation source to illuminate a sample.
The image is formed by gathering reflected
and scattered energy.
microsensor
a sensor that is fabricated
using integrated circuit and micromachining
technologies.
microstrip
a transmission line formed by
a printed conductor on top of a conductive-
backed dielectric. It is often used in high-
frequency, printed circuit board applications.
microstrip antenna
a radiating element
consisting of a conducting patch formed on
the surface of a dielectric slab, which in turn
lies on a ground plane. Microstrip antennas
are usually printed on circuit boards and fed
by microstriplines etched on the same board.
Also called microstrip patch antenna.
microstrip patch antenna
See
microstrip
antenna
.
microtiming diagram
a graphical display
showing how the waveforms vary with time
but with a time scale that has sufficient reso-
lution to display clearly the delays introduced
by the individual basic elements of the digital
circuit.
microwave
term used to refer to a radio
signal at a very high frequency. One broad
definition gives the microwave frequency
range as that from 300 MHz to 300 GHz.
microwave coplanar probe
a specially
designed test probe for measuring devices
from DC to microwave frequencies using
a wafer probe station.
The probe tip is
constructed using coplanar waveguide to
present a highly controlled impedance (usu-
ally 50 ohms) to a device under test.
microwave engineering
the engineering
of devices in the frequency range from 1 GHz
to 1000 GHz corresponding to the wave-
lengths from 30 cm down to 0.3 mm.
microwave transition analyzer
a device
that can combine the functionality of several
dedicated measurement instruments. It is a
pulsed RF measurement system that operates
in the time domain like a high frequency sam-
pling oscilloscope. Using the fast Fourier
transform, the information can be converted
into frequency domain. It can operate as a
sampling oscilloscope, pulsed network ana-
lyzer, and a spectrum analyzer.
mid-term stability
refers to system re-
sponses which are shorter than long-term cf
but shorter than transient cf response, gen-
erally associated with maximum excitation
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