FLOATING GATE BASED SENSOR APPARATUS AND RELATED FLOATING GATE BASED SENSOR APPLICATIONS
First Claim
1. A sensor apparatus comprising a floating gate based sensor surface located within a liquid sample chamber over a substrate, the floating gate based sensor surface being adapted for electrical bias with at least two separate electrical bias components within the sensor apparatus.
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Abstract
A floasting gate based sensor apparatus includes at least two separate electrical bias components with respect to a floating gate based sensor surface within the floating gate based sensor apparatus. By including the at least two electrical bias components, the floating gate based sensor apparatus provides enhanced capabilities for biomaterial and non-biomaterial detection and manipulation while using the floating gate based sensor apparatus.
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34 Claims
- 1. A sensor apparatus comprising a floating gate based sensor surface located within a liquid sample chamber over a substrate, the floating gate based sensor surface being adapted for electrical bias with at least two separate electrical bias components within the sensor apparatus.
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20. A sensing method comprising:
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introducing a liquid sample containing at least one analyte into a liquid sample chamber within a sensor apparatus comprising a floating gate based sensor surface located within the liquid sample chamber in-turn located over a substrate, the floating gate based sensor surface having at least two separate electrical biases with at least two separate electrical bias components within the sensor apparatus; and measuring at least two parameters of the at least one analyte within the liquid sample as a function of the at least two electrical bias with the at least two separate electrical bias components.
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30. A method for measuring a change in the surface area of a cell, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a sensor apparatus comprising a floating gate based sensor surface located within a liquid sample chamber over a substrate and electrically biased with at least two separate electrical bias components within the sensor apparatus; providing a plurality of cells; and monitoring, using said sensor apparatus, a change in surface potential of said plurality of cells, wherein a change in surface potential indicates the release of biomolecules from the cell. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34-35. -35. (canceled) 146877331.1
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