Patent ID: 8042267

Claim:
A method for producing a microsystem including electrically or thermally interconnected electronic components inserted adjacent to or above one another in cavities created during layered construction of a body composed of photocurable material, the method comprising the steps of: (a) inserting a first electronic component into a cavity created during the layered construction of the body, the first electronic component comprising first and second contacts; and (b) after insertion of the first electronic component, continuing the layered construction of the body to form a structure of an electrically or thermally conductive material that projects vertically above the contacts of the first electronic component, the conductive material producing a direct connection to at least a second electronic component above the first electronic component or at a lateral distance from the first electronic component by a horizontally extending conductive track; wherein the layered construction takes place between at least one pair of rollers, layer by layer, wherein forming a particular layer comprises filling the space between the rollers of the at least one pair of rollers with a photocurable liquid and exposing the photocurable liquid through a mask provided on one of the rollers of the at least one pair of rollers to cure certain portions of the photocurable liquid into solid material; wherein behind this roller pair, uncured photocurable liquid is washed out; wherein after completion of layered construction of the body, a horizontally extending conductive track is printed by means of screen printing with a screen printing device; and wherein at least one heating device follows the at least one pair of rollers.