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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jaione Tirapu Azpiroz, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Peter W. Bryant, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Rodrigo N. B. Ferreira, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Bruno D. C. Flach, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Ronaldo Giro, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Ricardo L. Ohta, Sao Paulo, BR;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for fabricating micro-fluidic devices include determining a target cost function value based device design parameters. The performance of one or more chosen design candidates is simulated in a selected simulation model. A design candidate is identified with a cost function value closest to the target cost function value as a best initial design candidate. Design parameters of the best initial design candidate are iteratively modified to provide a modified design candidate having design parameters differing from the design parameters of the best initial design candidate, a cost function value is iteratively calculated for the modified initial design candidate, and optimized device design parameters are iteratively derived from a modified design candidate, until a computed cost function value for the modified design candidate meets the determined target cost function value. An optimized micro-fluidic device is fabricated using the modified design candidate and the optimized device design parameters.