Industrial Technology Research Institute

Shao-Hsing Yeh

Yu-Ying Lin

Chi-Han Chiou

Liang-Ju Chien

Yu-Tang Shen

Nai-Hao Kuo

A apparatus for microfluid detection for detecting a sample fluid including a plurality of magnetic particles is provided. The apparatus for microfluid detection includes a microfluidic chip and a magnetic generating module. The microfluidic chip includes a substrate and microfluidic channels, wherein the sample fluid is carried by a carry surface of the substrate. The magnetic generating module is adapted for providing a positioning magnetic field and a surrounding magnetic field. The magnetic module controls to move the sample fluid and change a distribution of the magnetic particles in the sample fluid through the positioning magnetic field and the surrounding magnetic field.

Apparatus for microfluid detection

A method for manipulating a droplet by a droplet manipulating device including a flow channel, a first magnetic field generator, and a second magnetic field generator is provided. The first magnetic field generator includes two first magnetic field modules and are at two sides of the flow channel. The second magnetic field generator is between the two first magnetic field modules and includes multiple second magnetic field coils. The droplet is provided in the flow channel and includes a magnetic particle. A first magnetic field is produced on the flow channel by the first magnetic field modules, so the magnetic particle in the droplet has the direction of magnetic field corresponding to the first magnetic field. A second magnetic field is produced on the flow channel by the second magnetic field coils, for driving the magnetic particle in the droplet to be in motion in the flow channel.

Method for manipulating droplet

The disclosure relates to a droplet manipulating device and a method for manipulating a droplet. The droplets manipulating device includes a first magnetic field generator, a second magnetic field generator, and a flow channel. The first magnetic field generator produces a first magnetic field on the droplet, so that the droplet has the direction of magnetic field corresponding to the first magnetic field. Further, the second magnetic field generator produces a second magnetic field on the droplet so as to drive the droplet to be in motion in the flow channel.

Droplet manipulating device and method for manipulating droplet

A touch apparatus, a transparent scan electrode, a geometric electrode structure and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The transparent scan electrode structure comprises a first transparent scan electrode, a second transparent scan electrode and an isolative layer. The first transparent scan electrode comprises a first resistance region and a second resistance region. A resistance value of the second resistance region is higher than that of the first resistance region. The isolative layer is disposed between the first transparent scan electrode and the second transparent scan electrode.

Touch apparatus, transparent scan electrode structure, and manufacturing method thereof

A sensing apparatus and a scan driving method thereof are provided. The sensing apparatus includes first and second electrodes, a sensing element array, first and second electrode scan driving circuits and a control circuit. The sensing element array outputs at least one first inductive voltage after being touched. The first electrode scan driving circuit sequentially scans and drives the first electrodes, wherein the driven first electrode is set to a high level output state and the first electrode not being driven is set to a low level output state or a grounding state. The second electrode scan driving circuit sequentially scans and drives the second electrodes, wherein the driven second electrode is set to high impedance (input) state, and the second electrode not being driven is set to a low level output state or the grounding state. The control circuit controls the first and second electrode scan driving circuits.

Sensing apparatus and associated sequential scan driving method

An array type pressure sensing apparatus suitable for multi-touch sensing and pressure quantification for gray scale identification is provided. The array type pressure sensing apparatus includes a plurality of first axes, a plurality of second axes, a plurality of piezoresistive units, a third axis, a plurality of standard resistors and a control unit. The second axes are disposed crisscross with the first axes, and there is one piezoresistive unit disposed on the cross between one first axis and one second axis. The third axis is disposed crisscross with the first axes, and there is one standard resistor on the cross between one first axis and the third axis. A pressure measurement method implemented using the array type pressure apparatus is also provided. The pressure measurement method is a gray scale identification method by pressure quantification of a linear piezoresistive system.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Shao-Hsing Yeh