PCR thermocycler
First Claim
1. A microfabricated chemical reactor apparatus, comprising:
- a sleeve that forms a reaction chamber, said sleeve having at least one external surface and at least one internal surface, a plurality of grooves in said sleeve, said plurality of groves including at least one longitudinally extending groove on said at least one external surface of said sleeve and at least one radially extending groove on said at least one internal surface of said sleeve, wherein said at least one longitudinally extending groove and said at least one longitudinally extending groove reduces thermal mass and increases surface area of said sleeve reaction chamber.
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Abstract
A sleeve-type silicon polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chamber or thermocycler having improved thermal performance. The silicon sleeve reaction chamber is improved in thermal performance by etched features therein that reduce thermal mass and increase the surface area of the sleeve for cooling. This improved thermal performance of the thermocycler enables an increase in speed and efficiency of the reaction chamber. The improvement is accomplished by providing grooves in the faces of the sleeve and a series of grooves on the interior surfaces that connect with grooves on the faces of the sleeve. The grooves can be anisotropically etched in the silicon sleeve simultaneously with formation of the chamber.
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17 Claims
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1. A microfabricated chemical reactor apparatus, comprising:
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a sleeve that forms a reaction chamber, said sleeve having at least one external surface and at least one internal surface, a plurality of grooves in said sleeve, said plurality of groves including at least one longitudinally extending groove on said at least one external surface of said sleeve and at least one radially extending groove on said at least one internal surface of said sleeve, wherein said at least one longitudinally extending groove and said at least one longitudinally extending groove reduces thermal mass and increases surface area of said sleeve reaction chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A microfabricated chemical reactor apparatus, comprising:
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an elongated sleeve that forms a silicon-based sleeve reaction chamber, said elongated silicon-based sleeve reaction chamber having at least one external surface and having at least one internal surface, a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves on said at least one external surface of said silicon-based elongated sleeve reaction chamber and a plurality of radially extending grooves on said at least one internal surface of said elongated silicon-based sleeve reaction chamber, wherein said plurality of longitudinally extending grooves on said at least one external surface of said elongated silicon-based sleeve reaction chamber and wherein said a plurality of radially extending grooves on said at least one internal surface of said elongated silicon-based sleeve reaction chamber reduces thermal mass and also increases cooling surface area of said elongated silicon-based sleeve reaction chamber. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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