Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Tsinghua University

Yi-Hsing Hsiao

Jui-Cheng Huang

Yu-Jie Huang

Tung-Tsun Chen

Allen Timothy Chang

Tsung-Tsun Chen

Chih-Chen Chen

Cell monitoring apparatus includes sensing chip and channel module. Sensing chip includes channel region, source and drain regions, and sensing film. The channel region includes first semiconductor material. The source and drain regions are disposed at opposite sides of the channel region, and include a second semiconductor material. Sensing film is disposed on the channel region at a sensing surface of the sensing chip. Channel module is disposed on the sensing surface of sensing chip. A microfluidic channel is formed between the sensing surface of the sensing chip and a proximal surface of the channel module. The microfluidic channel includes a culture chamber and a micro-well. The culture chamber is concave into the proximal surface of the channel module, and overlies the channel region. The micro-well is concave into a side of the culture chamber, and directly faces the sensing film.

Integrated cell monitoring apparatus

In an embodiment, a circuit includes: an error amplifier; a temperature sensor, wherein the temperature sensor is coupled to the error amplifier; a discrete time controller coupled to the error amplifier, wherein the discrete time controller comprises digital circuitry; a multiple bits quantizer coupled to the discrete time controller, wherein the multiple bits quantizer produces a digital code output; and a heating array coupled to the multiple bits quantizer, wherein the heating array is configured to generate heat based on the digital code output.

Discrete time loop based thermal control

A biosensor system includes an array of biosensors with a plurality of electrodes situated proximate the biosensor. A controller is configured to selectively energize the plurality of electrodes to generate a DEP force to selectively position a test sample relative to the array of biosensors.

Biosensor

Devices, methods for fabricating said devices, and methods for detecting an analyte within a bio-target are described herein. The device includes a top assembly and a bottom assembly. The Top assembly includes an electrode disposed on a top layer. The bottom assembly includes a bio-chip disposed on a bottom layer and a polymer body disposed between the bio-chip and the top assembly. The polymer body includes a channel. The electrode of the top assembly is positioned within the channel. The channel is configured to accommodate the bio-target containing the analyte.

Bio-detector device for bio-targets

An IC structure includes a biologically sensitive field-effect transistor (BioBET) in a semiconductor substrate, and a dielectric layer over a backside surface of the semiconductor substrate. The dielectric layer has a sensing well extending through the dielectric layer to a channel region of the BioFET. The IC structure further includes a biosensing film, a plurality of fluid channel walls, and a first heater. The biosensing film lines the sensing well in the dielectric layer. The fluid channel walls are over the biosensing film and define a fluid containment region over the sensing well of the dielectric layer. The first heater is in the semiconductor substrate. The first heater has at least a portion overlapping with the fluid containment region.

Integrated circuit with BioFETs

A biosensor includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a FET device in the semiconductor layer, an isolation layer over the first surface of the semiconductor layer, a dielectric layer over the isolation layer and the first surface of the semiconductor layer, and a pair of first electrodes and a pair of second electrodes over the dielectric layer and separated from each other. The isolation layer has a rectangular opening substantially aligned with the FET device. The rectangular opening has pair of first sides and a pair of second sides. An extending direction of the pair of first sides is perpendicular to an extending direction of the pair of second sides. The pair of first electrodes is disposed over the pair of first sides, and the pair of second electrodes is disposed over the pair of second sides.

Semiconductor biosensor

A system and a method for detecting biomolecules are provided. The method comprises disposing a first coating layer associated with a first target biomolecule on a first portion of a sensing film of a sensor and disposing a second coating layer associated with the first target biomolecule on the first portion of the sensing film. The method further comprises measuring a baseline electrical signal associated with a buffer solution by the sensor, disposing a first analyte solution on the sensor, and measuring the first electrical signal associated with the first analyte solution. The method further comprises determining whether the first target biomolecule are detected in the first analyte solution based on a comparison between the measured first electrical signal and a first threshold.

System and method for detecting biomolecules

Integrated cell monitoring apparatus and method of using the same

An IC includes a source region and a drain region in a semiconductor layer. A channel region is between the source region and the drain region. A sensing well is on a back surface of the semiconductor layer and over the channel region. An interconnect structure is on a front surface of the semiconductor layer opposite the back surface of the semiconductor layer. A biosensing film lines the sensing well and contacts a bottom surface of the sensing well that is defined by the semiconductor layer. A coating of selective binding agent is over the biosensing film and configured to bind with a cardiac cell.

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Yi-Hsing Hsiao