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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502792 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0427 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing system includes a processing unit and sensor chip. The sensor chip includes a microelectrode array, a droplet space over the microelectrode array, and a plurality of control units coupled together in a daisy-chain configuration. Each of the control units is coupled to a respective one of the microelectrodes of the microelectrode array. The control units are controlled by the processing unit to drive movement of a droplet in the droplet space, and to inspect the droplet via the microelectrodes.