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Patent No.:

US 10016759 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2015

Cooperative-electrode driving technique for droplet-velocity improvement of digital microfluidic systems

Applicant:

University of Macau, Macau, CN;

Inventors:

Cheng Dong, Macau, CN;

Tianlan Chen, Macau, CN;

Jie Gao, Macau, CN;

Yanwei Jia, Macau, CN;

Pui-In Mak, Macau, CN;

Mang-I Vai, Macau, CN;

Rui Paulo da Silva Martins, Macau, CN;

Assignee:

UNIVERSITY OF MACAU, Macau, CN;

Attorney:

Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Gurpreet Kaur

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/447 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502784 (2013.01); B01L 2200/143 (2013.01); B01L 2300/025 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0887 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0427 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a control-engaged electrode-driving method for droplet actuation is provided. The method includes, a first pulse is provided to a first electrode for kicking off a droplet till a centroid of the droplet reaching a centroid of the first electrode. A second pulse is provided to a second electrode when a leading edge of the droplet reaching the second electrode.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Dong, Cheng. (2018). Cooperative-electrode driving technique for droplet-velocity improvement of digital microfluidic systems (U.S. Patent No. 10016759). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10016759

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