25.6. Application Examples
Following the description of the individual technological building blocks, we present in this final section a number of device demonstrators using PS as a sacrificial material.
25.6.1. Airbag Igniters
An actuator application that promises a large market potential are airbag igniters. In a car accident, airbag igniters trigger an explosive charge that fills an airbag within milliseconds to reduce the effects of the impact on the passengers inside the car. Depending on the direction of the impact, several airbags need to be fired in a precisely defined time sequence to achieve optimum protection. Building such complex safety systems requires electronic airbag igniters to exhibit highly reproducible properties to allow ...
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