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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Meng H. Lean, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shu Chang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Patrick Y. Maeda, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeng Ping LU, San Jose, CA (US);
Meng H. Lean, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shu Chang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Patrick Y. Maeda, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeng Ping Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
An optically based transport system and method for transporting particles across a virtual electrode array are disclosed. The system comprises a photoconductor layer where optically induced electrodes are projected thereon through sequential light images in a traveling wave grid pattern in order to transport particles across the virtual electrode array with a traveling wave.