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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Qorvo Us, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Inventor:
Thayne L. Edwards, Bend, OR (US);
Assignee:
Qorvo US, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/447 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/02 (2006.01); G01N 29/036 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); B03C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502753 (2013.01); B03C 5/005 (2013.01); G01N 27/44752 (2013.01); G01N 29/022 (2013.01); G01N 29/036 (2013.01); G01N 29/222 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0645 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0887 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0421 (2013.01); G01N 27/44717 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0255 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0426 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor using electrophoresis may include a microfluidic channel and electrodes on opposite sides of the microfluidic channel to generate an electric field across, or normal to, the channel. The electric field may be used to drive charged particles of material, particularly material suspended in fluid in the microfluidic channel, toward or away from the one of the electrodes. The electric field may be modulated to allow material to continue flowing through the microfluidic channel, to remove non-target material, or to measure another target material.