This book presents the design and manufacturing of microsystems as well
as necessary key technologies developed within the Collaborative
Research Center 516. The research efforts of this collaboration are
focused on active micro systems which are based on the electromagnetic
actuator principle. The travel of the investigated actuator systems is
on the order of several millimeters. The total construction size of the
actuator is on the range of several centimeters whereas essential
structures being several micrometers. The methods and the production
technologies that are investigated on the basis of various research
models incorporate the fundamental process chains of microsystems.