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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2018
Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;
IMEC VZW, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
A micro-fluidic devicefor performing digital PCR is presented. The device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a first micro-fluidic channel, comprising an inletand an outlet, embedded in the semiconductor substrate; a heating elementthermally coupled to the first micro-fluidic channel; a droplet generatorconnected to the inletof the first micro-fluidic channelfor generating droplets and pumping generated droplets at a flow rate into the first micro-fluidic channel; characterized in that: the heating elementis a single heating element connected to a temperature control unitconfigured to cycle the temperature of the complete first micro-fluidic channelthrough at least two temperature values; and wherein the flow rate of the droplet generatoris adaptable. Further, a method to perform digital PCR is presented using the micro-fluidic device