Thread: Circuit Boards - probably a dumb question

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    Circuit Boards - probably a dumb question

    What part of a circut board is silibcon? Is it the green board or what?

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    semiconductor devices are made with silicon (also germanium) i.e., diodes, transistors and derivatives thereof but PCB boards are made from a base copper clad fiberglass board and there is a etching process. Check out the following link

    http://www.semis.demon.co.uk/PCB/PCB.html
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