Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microfabricated fluidic circuit elements and applications
- Patent Title (中): 微型流体回路元件及应用
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Application No.: US12144603Application Date: 2008-06-23
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Publication No.: US07640947B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: David Fernandes , Hou-Pu Chou , Marc A. Unger
- Applicant: David Fernandes , Hou-Pu Chou , Marc A. Unger
- Applicant Address: US CA South San Francisco
- Assignee: Fluidigm Corporation
- Current Assignee: Fluidigm Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA South San Francisco
- Agency: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
- Main IPC: F15C3/00
- IPC: F15C3/00

Abstract:
Microfabricated fluidic devices of the present invention include switches that can be opened and closed to allow or block the flow of fluid through a channel in response to the pressure level in a gate of the switch. The microfabricated fluidic switches may be coupled together to perform logic functions and Boolean algebra, such as inverters, AND gates, NAND, gates, NOR gates, and OR gates. The logic gates may be coupled together to form flip-flops that latch signals. The present invention also includes microfabricated fluidic pressure multipliers that increase the pressure in a second chamber relative to a first chamber. Microfabricated fluidic devices of the present invention also include high or low pressure sources. A pressure source of the present includes a pump coupled to a reservoir through unidirectional valves. Microfabricated fluidic devices of the present invention may also include devices that perform analog functions such as switching regulator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080257437A1 MICROFABRICATED FLUIDIC CIRCUIT ELEMENTS AND APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2008-10-23
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