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Veda Microsystems, Bengaluru, designs a chip layout. It consists of transistors, other circuitry elements and the lead wires connecting them, all inseparably formed on a semiconductor material to perform an electronic circuitry function. Under the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000, what does the term "layout-design" cover?

A layout-design is a layout of transistors and other circuitry elements, including the lead wires connecting them, expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuit. It is not software code, packaging or a fabrication process, which the definition does not mention.

  1. AA layout of transistors and other circuitry elements, including the lead wires connecting them, expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuitCorrect
  2. BOnly the software code that operates the finished chip
  3. COnly the physical packaging and casing of the finished chip
  4. DOnly the manufacturing process used to fabricate the chip

Explanation

The Act defines layout-design as a layout of transistors and other circuitry elements, including connecting lead wires, expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuit. Software code, packaging and manufacturing process are not what the definition describes, so the other options are wrong.

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