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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2012
Jake Kimball, Oakland, CA (US);
Brandon Ripley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gang Sun, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dominique Toppani, Oakland, CA (US);
Myo Thu Maung, Brisbane, CA (US);
Jake Kimball, Oakland, CA (US);
Brandon Ripley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gang Sun, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dominique Toppani, Oakland, CA (US);
Myo Thu Maung, Brisbane, CA (US);
FLUIDIGM CORPORATION, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A thermal cycler for a microfluidic device includes a controller operable to provide a series of electrical signals, a heat sink, and a heating element in thermal communication with the heat sink and operable to receive the series of electrical signals from the controller. The thermal cycler also includes a thermal chuck in thermal communication with the heating element. The thermal chuck comprises a heating surface operable to make thermal contact with the microfluidic device. The heating surface is characterized by a temperature ramp rate between 2.5 degrees Celsius per second and 5.5 degrees Celsius per second and a temperature difference between a first portion of the heating surface supporting a first portion of the microfluidic device and a second portion of the heating surface supporting a second portion of the microfluidic device is less than 0.25° C.