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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2008
Mohammed S. Shaarawi, Corvallis, OR (US);
Kenneth Hickey, Dublin, IE;
Will O'reilly, Dublin, IE;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A microfluidic architecture is disclosed. The microfluidic architecture includes a substrate having an edge and a thin film stack established on at least a portion of the substrate adjacent the edge. The thin film stack includes a non-conducting layer and a seed layer, where the seed layer is positioned such that a portion of the non-conducting layer is exposed. A chamber layer is established on at least a portion of the seed layer. The non-conducting layer, the seed layer, and the chamber layer define a microfluidic chamber. A layer having a predetermined surface property is electroplated on the chamber layer and on at least one of another portion of the seed layer and the exposed portion of the non-conducting layer.