Abstract: A method of producing a pump body having an inlet opening provided with an inlet valve (106) and an outlet opening provided with an outlet valve (108), said method comprising as a first step the step of structuring a respective first main surface of a first and of a second semiconductor disc (200) for defining a valve flap structure (202) of the inlet valve and a valve seat structure (204) of the outlet valve in the first disc and a valve flap structure of the outlet valve and a valve seat structure of the inlet valve in the second disc. Following this, a valve flap well structure (206; 216) and a valve opening well structure (208; 218) are formed in a predetermined relationship with the valve flap structures and the valve seat structures in a respective second main surface of the first and of the second semiconductor disc.

Abstract: A micromembrane pump comprises a pump membrane which is adapted to be moved to a first and a second position with the aid of a drive means and a pump body connected to the pump membrane so as to define a pump chamber between these two components, the pump body being defined by two semiconductor plates having each formed therein a valve seat and a valve flap which are formed integrally with the respective semiconductor plate, the two semiconductor plates being connected in such a way that a respective passive non-return valve is defined by a valve seat of one semiconductor plate and by a valve flap of the other semiconductor plate, one of the passive non-return valves being arranged in an inlet opening penetrating both semiconductor plates, whereas the other of the non-return valves is arranged in an outlet opening penetrating both semiconductor plates.