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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mark Beauchemin, S. Glastonbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01N 27/416 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2014.01); G01N 27/414 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2851 (2013.01); G01N 27/414 (2013.01); G01N 27/416 (2013.01); G01N 27/4145 (2013.01); G01R 31/2621 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one implementation, a method for operating an apparatus is described. The method includes applying a bias voltage to place a transistor of a reference sensor in a known state, the reference sensor in an array of sensors that further includes a chemical sensor coupled to a reaction region for receiving at least one reactant. The method further includes acquiring an output signal from the reference sensor in response to the applied bias voltage, and determining a defect associated with the array if the output signal does not correspond to the known state.