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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2011
Gary Chorng-jyh Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ching Yen Ho, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Wen Jang Hwang, Fremont, CA (US);
Wilson Wen-fu Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary Chorng-Jyh Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ching Yen Ho, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Wen Jang Hwang, Fremont, CA (US);
Wilson Wen-Fu Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Sparkle Power Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of manipulating droplet in a programmable EWOD microelectrode array comprising multiple microelectrodes, comprising: constructing a bottom plate with multiple microelectrodes on a top surface of a substrate covered by a dielectric layer; the microelectrode coupled to at least one grounding elements of a grounding mechanism, a hydrophobic layer on the top of the dielectric layer and the grounding elements; manipulating the multiple microelectrodes to configure a group of configured-electrodes to generate microfluidic components and layouts with selected shapes and sizes, comprising: a first configured-electrode with multiple microelectrodes arranged in array, and at least one second adjacent configured-electrode adjacent to the first configured-electrode, the droplet disposed on the top of the first configured-electrode and overlapped with a portion of the second adjacent-configured-electrode; and manipulating one or more droplets among multiple configured-electrodes by sequentially activating and de-activating one or more selected configured-electrodes to actuate droplets to move along selected route.