Micro Structure Bulletin

Welcome to MSB's official download library. Below, you'll find MSB's 25 existing issues.

MSB is a quarterly newsletter that was published by Colibri. Its purpose was to promote the industrial use of MEMS, micromachining, and components based thereon, and to serve as an informal link between people in industry and academics actively working in this field. Recurring topics included applications, facilities, the toolbox, and industrial and academic R&D activities. MSB targeted both newcomers and experienced readers. The paper version was distributed free of charge within the Nordic region (DK, FIN, NO, SE) and primarily electronically to far-away readers.

A complication was that MSB relied on a single person's hobby activity and was run on a non-profit basis. As easily realized, this is not a realistic long-term solution, and MSB took a time-out starting 2000 while searching for a solution that could guarantee an unbiased high-quality development of the MSx concept. A new professional concept was created in 2002/2003 that included an excellent new team, collaboration with media, and several other new and interesting ingredients. The response was very positive. Unfortunately, our wish to have a financial platform with a foundation of national support turned out to be incompatible with the Swedish government's negative attitude towards support to the Swedish electronics industry in general. Therefore, in March 2003 it was decided to permanently discontinue MSB. Its last issue, MSB 99:4-00:2, was published in December 1999.

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1999, Volume 7
1998, Volume 6
1997, Volume 5
1996, Volume 4

1995, Volume 3
1994, Volume 2
1993, Volume 1
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1999, Volume 7
MSB 99:1 Etching (µEquip3) Automotive applications Pressure sensors Radiation sensors PDF with pictures (228 kB) PDF with no pictures (80 kB)	MSB 99:2 Production: From lab to fab Packaging issues Protective coatings Printhead PDF with pictures (213 kB) PDF with no pictures (87 kB)
MSB 99:3 Transducers ’99 Simulation, X-ray Stacking, Antireflection Self-testable pressure sensor PDF with pictures (246 kB) PDF with no pictures (102 kB)	MSB 99:4-00:2 Nordic country reports Past and future General MST Replication PDF with pictures (1070 kB) PDF with no pictures (212 kB)

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1998, Volume 6
MSB 98:1 MST in Finland and U.S.A. Silicon wafers CO2 and pressure sensors MST@VTT Electronics PDF with pictures (376 kB) PDF with no pictures (87 kB)	MSB 98:2 MOEMS (µBas11) Optics-based sensors MSW ’98 and MEMS ’98 MST@VTI Hamlin PDF with pictures (355 kB) PDF with no pictures (64 kB)
MSB 98:3 Medical applications (µApp2) Cleanroom (µEquip1) Polyimide joints MST for hearing and space PDF with pictures (216 kB) PDF with no pictures (68 kB)	MSB 98:4 Metal (µEquip2) Market analysis Packaging challenges Radiation detectors PDF with pictures (332 kB) PDF with no pictures (90 kB)

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1997, Volume 5
MSB 97:1 CD-based MST-replication Passive alignment IR gas sensing MST@Pharmacia PDF with pictures (417 kB) PDF with no pictures (67 kB)	MSB 97:2 Is size important? (µBas9) Gas flow in micro-channels The Ångström Laboratory MST@Lund Univ. PDF with pictures (449 kB) PDF with no pictures (75 kB)
MSB 97:3 Transducers ’97 Angular rate sensor Coulter particle counter Word Micromachine Summit PDF with pictures (334 kB) PDF with no pictures (89 kB)	MSB 97:4 Surface µ-mech (µBas10) Densitometer in MecMOS Microcar MST@CKD and NMC PDF with pictures (777 kB) PDF with no pictures (66 kB)

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1996, Volume 4
MSB 96:1 Excitation methods (µBas7) Photoacoustic gas sensor SUMMIT MST@CKD and IMC PDF with pictures (430 kB)	MSB 96:2 Quartz (µBas8) Gyroscope and biosensors MSW ’96 MST@Quartz Pro PDF with pictures (1090 kB)
MSB 96:3 MST in Denmark III-V compounds Diffractive optics MST@MIC PDF with pictures (748 kB)	MSB 96:4 Silicon Mechanical characterization Deep anisotropic etching MST@AME PDF with pictures (873 kB)

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1995, Volume 3
MSB 95:1 Bonding (µBas6) 3-axis accelerometer Interference sensors MST@Chalmers and NEXUS Word with no pictures (49 kB)	MSB 95:2 Electrophoresis (µApp1) Catalytic gas sensors Density sensor MST@Linköping Univ. Word with no pictures (47 kB)
MSB 95:3 Transducers ’95 Accelerometer workshop MAXIMA Polymeric folding structures Word with no pictures (55 kB)	MSB 95:4 MST goes human Sensors for patient diagnosis Actuator for therapy A physician’s perspective Word with no pictures (49 kB)

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1994, Volume 2
MSB 94:1 Crystal structure of Si (µBas1) Silicon wet etching (µBas2) Monolithic accelerometer MST@Bofors Word with no pictures (43 kB)	MSB 94:2 Detection methods (µBas3) Gas flow sensor MSW ’94 MST@KTH Word with no pictures (48 kB)
MSB 94:3 Optics in MST (µBas4) MST for telecom Swedish MST history MST@IOF Word with no pictures (48 kB)	MSB 94:4 Simulations (µBas5) MST in Norway Accelerometers MST@SensoNor and SINTEF Word with no pictures (47 kB)

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1993, Volume 1
MSB 93:1 Introduction to MST Blood pressure sensor MST@Uppsala Univ. Word with no pictures (42 kB)

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