SAL: Microsystem Technologies

PERFORMANCE AND FUNCTION IN A MINIMUM OF SPACE

Microsystems make products not only smaller and more powerful, but also more efficient, smarter and multifunctional. Thus, offering a cross-sector innovation potential for companies in order to consolidate and expand their position on the global market.

Element - Module - System

In the context of the ASSIC Motto “Bringing Technologies into Application“, this research area represents the technology supplier that significantly influences the activities of the other research areas.

small and efficient

Due to their diverse functions, microsystems technology components facilitate a wide application in almost all industrial sectors. Future microsystems must be extremely reliable, miniaturised, multifunctional and robust. The trend is going towards highly integrated electronic systems that are specifically adapted to the respective application.

fields of research

The ASSIC research area of Microsystems Technology comprises the development of microsystems technology components (mode of action, design, materials), as well as the associated manufacturing processes (simulation, In-Line analytics).

The following research tasks are defined:

MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) acoustic transducer
Advanced magnetic sensors
Process technologies

In the context of the ASSIC motto "Bringing Technologies into Application", this research area represents the technology supplier that significantly influences the activities of the other research areas.