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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazumasa Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Katsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C 7/02 (2006.01); B03C 5/00 (2006.01); B03C 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C 5/005 (2013.01); B03C 5/026 (2013.01); B03C 2201/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a sorting apparatus including: a flow channel device including a flow channel through which a fluid including particles flows and an operation electrode portion that causes a dielectrophoretic force to act on the particles in the flow channel; and a controller configured to detect characteristics of the particles flowing through the flow channel, generate a voltage signal by a pulse modulation using a square pulse based on the detected characteristics of the particles, and output the voltage signal to the operation electrode portion.