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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Applicants:
Christopher I. Walker, Pasadena, CA (US);
Aditya Rajagopal, Irvine, CA (US);
Axel Scherer, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher I. Walker, Pasadena, CA (US);
Aditya Rajagopal, Irvine, CA (US);
Axel Scherer, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods for fabrication of microfluidic systems on printed circuit boards (PCB) are described. The PCB contains layers of insulating material and a layer or layers of metal buried within layers of insulating material. The metal layers are etched away, leaving fully enclosed microfluidic channels buried within the layers of insulating material.