Abstract

MEMS have been making an inexorable entry into our lives since the early 1990s. They are the basis for the control and safety functions that have become standard in today's vehicles and form the basis for many mobile devices such as smartphones and wearables.  

As one of the first MEMS pioneers, Bosch accompanies this development with new products and continuous technological developments from the very beginning and beyond: 

The advancing automation and the desire for more comfort are constantly driving MEMS forward. Driver assistance and especially highly autonomous driving require more robust and precise inertial sensors for e.g. navigation purposes. At the same time, products for passenger infotainment and emission-free driving are becoming increasingly important, especially in conurbations.

In addition to automotive applications, Bosch also provides innovative solutions for the growing number of IoT applications as Smart Homes or Industry 4.0: MEMS components for infotainment, environmental monitoring or motion detection form the basis of smart system solutions in a connected world.

New multi-layer MEMS processes open up additional design possibilities in the realization of complex 3D structures and the development of new sensors for a SMARTer society.