LATERAL/VERTICAL TRANSISTOR STRUCTURES AND PROCESS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
First Claim
1. A microfluidic device comprising:
- an enclosure having a microfluidic structure and a base,wherein the base comprises a common electrical conductor,wherein the microfluidic structure and an outer surface of the base together define a flow path within the enclosure, andwherein the base comprises an array of transistor structures, each said transistor structure in the array comprising a lateral bipolar transistor connecting a corresponding region of the outer surface of the base to the common conductor.
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Abstract
A microfluidic device can include a base an outer surface of which forms one or more enclosures for containing a fluidic medium. The base can include an array of individually controllable transistor structures each of which can comprise both a lateral transistor and a vertical transistor. The transistor structures can be light activated, and the lateral and vertical transistors can thus be photo transistors. Each transistor structure can be activated to create a temporary electrical connection from a region of the outer surface of the base (and thus fluidic medium in the enclosure) to a common electrical conductor. The temporary electrical connection can induce a localized electrokinetic force generally at the region, which can be sufficiently strong to move a nearby micro-object in the enclosure.
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72 Claims
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1. A microfluidic device comprising:
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an enclosure having a microfluidic structure and a base, wherein the base comprises a common electrical conductor, wherein the microfluidic structure and an outer surface of the base together define a flow path within the enclosure, and wherein the base comprises an array of transistor structures, each said transistor structure in the array comprising a lateral bipolar transistor connecting a corresponding region of the outer surface of the base to the common conductor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 30, 33, 34, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 70, 71)
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