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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
Christopher A. Schantz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kyle J. Schleifer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William D. Fisher, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard P. Tella, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael P. Caren, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter G. Webb, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Christopher A. Schantz, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kyle J. Schleifer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William D. Fisher, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard P. Tella, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael P. Caren, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Peter G. Webb, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A drop deposition apparatus, and a method and computer program products using the drop deposition apparatus, for fabricating at least one addressable array of biopolymers on a substrate. The drop deposition apparatus has a drop dispenser unit and a sensing element. The method comprises includes for each of multiple addresses, dispensing droplets carrying the biopolymers or biopolymer precursors from a drop dispenser unit onto the sensing element, and onto the substrate so as to fabricate the array. Electrical signals resulting from dispensed droplets striking the sensing element are detected. A performance characteristic of the deposition apparatus is evaluated based on the detected signals.