Manipulating micron scale items
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    发明授权
    Manipulating micron scale items 失效
    操作微米级物品

    公开(公告)号:US07338636B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-04

    申请号:US10770347

    申请日:2004-02-02

    IPC分类号: B01L3/02 G01N1/00

    摘要: Micron scale dielectric items are manipulated by methods and apparatus taking advantage of spatially non-uniform field. Such fields give rise to a force on dielectric items, directing them generally toward regions of more concentrated field. The electrode may be elongated, either unitary, with a generally planar counter electrode, or dual, such as parallel pins, loops or plates. If dual, particles are generally attracted to regions of high field concentration, including tips, edges and spaces between electrode conductors. Items can be granular, threadlike, or sheets, and microelectronic parts and other shapes. Items can also be collected directly into a recess of a pharmaceutical material delivery microchip, with a conductive membrane of the microchip acting as a manipulating electrode. Items are attracted without regard to their surface charge, or the polarity of the field, which can be AC or DC. Charging, or knowing the charge of items to be manipulated is not necessary. The amount of material collected can be precisely controlled by varying parameters of collection, such as distance between the electrode and the items, distance between dual conductors, size (diameter, length) of the conductors, any dielectric sheathing thereof, and voltage. Elongated electrodes can be used to manipulate items into and from recesses, such as wells of microtitre trays, microchips, and semiconductor chips.

    摘要翻译: 通过利用空间不均匀场的方法和装置来操纵微米级介电材料。 这样的场引起介电物质的力,将其引导到更集中的场的区域。 电极可以是单一的,具有大致平面的对电极或双重的,例如平行的针,环或板。 如果是双重的,颗粒通常被吸引到高场浓度的区域,包括电极导体之间​​的尖端,边缘和间隔。 物品可以是颗粒状,线状或片状,以及微电子部件等形状。 物品也可以直接收集在药物输送微芯片的凹部中,微芯片的导电膜用作操纵电极。 物品被吸引,不考虑它们的表面电荷或场的极性,其可以是AC或DC。 不需要充电或知道要操作的物品的费用。 收集的材料的量可以通过变化的收集参数(例如电极和物品之间的距离,双导体之间的距离,导体的尺寸(直径,长度),其任何电介质外壳和电压)进行精确控制。 细长的电极可用于将物品从凹槽中进行操作,例如微量托盘,微芯片和半导体芯片的孔。