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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1999
Mark Trulson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Stern, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter Fiekowsky, Los Altos, CA (US);
Richard Rava, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ian Walton, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stephen P. A. Fodor, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Affymetrix Technologies, N.V., Curacao, AN;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for imaging a sample are provided. An electromagnetic radiation source generates excitation radiation which is sized by excitation optics to a line. The line is directed at a sample resting on a support and excites a plurality of regions on the sample. Collection optics collect response radiation reflected from the sample I and image the reflected radiation. A detector senses the reflected radiation and is positioned to permit discrimination between radiation reflected from a certain focal plane in the sample and certain other planes within the sample.