Sensor arrangement with electrically controllable arrays
First Claim
1. An electrically controllable sensor arrangement comprising a plurality of arrays, each adapted for one of an electrochemical detection of molecular substances, transport and handling of charged molecules, whereinmore than two sensor positions are provided on a substantially planar carrier (1), each sensor position provided as an array (4) of at least two microelectrodes, to form more than two arrays;
- a first guided wiring configured for electrically addressing the arrays (4) on said carrier (1), and a second guided wiring extending substantially perpendicular with respect to said first guided wiring;
wherein said first guided wiring allows for several sensor positions to be addressed by selecting at least one of row and column, for said addressed sensor positions to be read out substantially in parallel, but individually in an electric addressing procedure;
a further guided wiring attributed to said carrier (1), coupled to the sensor positions for transmitting measured signals from said addressed sensor positions;
an electrical control arrangement having said second guided wiring, for electric control at said more than two arrays (4), such that said arrangement continuously supplies a polarization voltage to arrays that are no longer addressed after terminating the electric addressing procedure as to addressed arrays effected via said first guided wiring, and the second guided wiring attributed to said carrier (1) is part of said electric control arrangement for sensor positions not addressed for a reading;
said guided wirings for at least one of the following;
generating at least one of an electric direct field and alternating field at said arrays,detecting different electrochemical reactions or properties individually at said arrays,electrically reading out events having occurred at a sensor position between two electric addressing procedures of said same sensor position,transporting affinity-binding molecules onto one of said arrays, to a particular carrier being present there or into a gel being present there, independent of optical properties, and for immobilizing said molecules there.
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Abstract
An electric sensor array which is provided with several sensor positions that each have at least two microelectrodes. Molecular substances can be detected electrochemically and charged molecules can be transported or handled using the array. Measuring procedures can be effected, especially using two addressing procedures, in which sensor positions can be individually addressed and electrochemically or electrically controlled by pairing or in groups for voltage or impedance measurements. For biomolecular assays, affinity-binding molecules can be immobilized at the sensor positions, between the microelectrodes, or on auxiliary surfaces.
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41 Claims
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1. An electrically controllable sensor arrangement comprising a plurality of arrays, each adapted for one of an electrochemical detection of molecular substances, transport and handling of charged molecules, wherein
more than two sensor positions are provided on a substantially planar carrier (1), each sensor position provided as an array (4) of at least two microelectrodes, to form more than two arrays; -
a first guided wiring configured for electrically addressing the arrays (4) on said carrier (1), and a second guided wiring extending substantially perpendicular with respect to said first guided wiring; wherein said first guided wiring allows for several sensor positions to be addressed by selecting at least one of row and column, for said addressed sensor positions to be read out substantially in parallel, but individually in an electric addressing procedure; a further guided wiring attributed to said carrier (1), coupled to the sensor positions for transmitting measured signals from said addressed sensor positions; an electrical control arrangement having said second guided wiring, for electric control at said more than two arrays (4), such that said arrangement continuously supplies a polarization voltage to arrays that are no longer addressed after terminating the electric addressing procedure as to addressed arrays effected via said first guided wiring, and the second guided wiring attributed to said carrier (1) is part of said electric control arrangement for sensor positions not addressed for a reading;
said guided wirings for at least one of the following;generating at least one of an electric direct field and alternating field at said arrays, detecting different electrochemical reactions or properties individually at said arrays, electrically reading out events having occurred at a sensor position between two electric addressing procedures of said same sensor position, transporting affinity-binding molecules onto one of said arrays, to a particular carrier being present there or into a gel being present there, independent of optical properties, and for immobilizing said molecules there. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An electrically controllable sensor arrangement comprising a plurality of arrays (4), adapted for electrochemically detecting molecular substances and adapted for one of transporting and handling charged molecules, said sensor arrangement having
more than two sensor positions on a substantially planar carrier (1), each sensor position being provided as an array (4) of at least two microelectrodes; -
a first guided wiring for electrically addressing each array (4) on said carrier (1) and for coupling at least one microelectrode selected from said microelectrodes to at least one measuring line (18,19), oriented substantially perpendicular to said first guided wiring; a second guided wiring oriented substantially perpendicular to said first guided wiring, for supplying an electric polarization voltage, chargeable with current, to said arrays, wherein after terminating a respective addressing procedure, non-addressed arrays are substantially continuously supplied from the electric polarization voltage; an alternating switch connected to each electrode of each array, for switching electrodes of a respective one of said arrays between a guided measuring wiring, thereby coupling to said guided measuring wiring for measurement, and said second guided wiring, thereby applying a conservation voltage from said polarization voltage.
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39. A control method for a sensor arrangement comprising a plurality of arrays (4) of at least two microelectrodes each, said sensor arrangement being provided with a first arrangement for addressing each array on a carrier, comprising the steps of:
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effecting an addressing procedure for reading selected ones of the arrays; after termination of the addressing procedure, continuing to supply no longer addressed arrays with a substantially constant polarization voltage by an electric control; and employing said addressing procedure and said continuing to supply with said polarization voltage to the arrays for at least one of generating at least one of an electric direct field and alternating field at said arrays; detecting different electrochemical reactions or properties individually at said arrays; electrically reading out the events having occurred at a sensor position between two electric addressing procedures of said same sensor position; and transporting affinity-binding molecules onto one of said arrays, to a particular carrier being present there or into a gel being present there, independent of optical properties, and for immobilizing said molecules there. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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