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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2015
University of Macau, Macau, CN;
Jie Gao, Macau, CN;
Tianlan Chen, Macau, CN;
Cheng Dong, Macau, CN;
Yanwei Jia, Macau, CN;
Pui-In Mak, Macau, CN;
Mang-I Vai, Macau, CN;
Rui Paulo da Silva Martins, Macau, CN;
UNIVERSITY OF MACAU, Macau, CN;
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a digital microfluidic system is provided. The digital microfluidic system includes a device, a control electronics, a field programmed gate array (FPGA), and a computer. The device includes a droplet on an electrode array, where the electrode array includes a plurality of electrodes. The control electronics connects to the device and provides an actuation pulse to the electrodes, where the control electronics generates a capacitance-derived frequency signal. The FPGA connects to the control electronics and collects the capacitance-derived frequency signal. The computer connects to the FPGA, the computer uses a frequency of the capacitance-derived frequency signal to calculate a precise droplet position and generates a duration voltage signal.