The microsystems that evolve, transform electronical information into information in a physical form.
Applications are TV projections, printing techniques and displays.
The goal of the study is to analyze the situation of intellectual property in this field and to identify protected technical approaches. The activities of the important industries in this field will be analyzed by means of their published patents. Special attention is drawn to components actuated by electrostatic forces and laid out in form of arrays. The cost structures and funding of different research centers are hardly comparable. Depending on their historical development, their goal and their legal status, the rules of funding and the mode of publication of financial data vary a lot.