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This paper demonstrates a novel concept for the shock protection of MEMS suspensions: solder is incorporated within the sidewalls of the suspension to produce protective metal armouring. This provides solder–solder contact at the extremes of the suspension travel, greatly increasing the shock resistance. Model suspension systems were fabricated using deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) and shock tested...