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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for measuring analytes using large scale FET arrays
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Application No.: US13966184Application Date: 2013-08-13
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Publication No.: US09458502B2Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Jonathan M. Rothberg , Wolfgang Hinz , Kim L. Johnson , James Bustillo , John Leamon , Jonathan Schultz
- Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Priority: GB0811656.8 20080625; GB0811657.6 20080625
- Main IPC: G01N27/414
- IPC: G01N27/414 ; C12Q1/68 ; B01L3/00

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus relating to very large scale FET arrays for analyte measurements. ChemFET (e.g., ISFET) arrays may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved FET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense arrays. Improved array control techniques provide for rapid data acquisition from large and dense arrays. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes. In one example, chemFET arrays facilitate DNA sequencing techniques based on monitoring changes in the concentration of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), hydrogen ions, and nucleotide triphosphates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130324421A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ANALYTES USING LARGE SCALE FET ARRAYS Public/Granted day:2013-12-05
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