公开(公告)号：US20150075986A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-19

申请号：US14549113

申请日：2014-11-20

Applicant: ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC.

Inventor： Delattre Cyril ,  Rival Arnaud ,  Srinivasan Vijay

IPC: B01L3/02

CPC classification number: B01L3/502784 ,  B01L3/502715 ,  B01L3/502723 ,  B01L3/50273 ,  B01L3/5029 ,  B01L3/52 ,  B01L2200/06 ,  B01L2200/0605 ,  B01L2300/0645 ,  B01L2300/0816 ,  B01L2300/088 ,  B01L2300/089 ,  B01L2300/1827 ,  B01L2400/0406 ,  B01L2400/0409 ,  B01L2400/0415 ,  B01L2400/0427 ,  B01L2400/043 ,  B01L2400/0442 ,  B01L2400/0448

Abstract: During droplet operations in a droplet actuator, bubbles often form in the filler fluid in the droplet operations gap and interrupt droplet operations. The present invention provides methods and systems for performing droplet operations on a droplet in a droplet actuator comprising maintaining substantially consistent contact between the droplet and an electrical ground while conducting multiple droplet operations on the droplet in the droplet operations gap and/or reducing the accumulation of electrical charges in the droplet operations gap during multiple droplet operations. The methods and systems reduce or eliminate bubble formation in the filler fluid of the droplet operations gap, thereby permitting completion of multiple droplet operations without interruption by bubble formation in the filler fluid in the droplet operations gap.

Abstract translation: 在液滴致动器中的液滴操作期间，液滴操作间隙中的气泡通常在填充液中形成并且中断液滴操作。 本发明提供了用于在液滴致动器中的液滴上进行液滴操作的方法和系统，包括在液滴操作间隙内对液滴进行多个液滴操作并且/或减少 在多个液滴操作期间液滴操作间隙中的电荷。 所述方法和系统减少或消除了液滴操作间隙的填充流体中的气泡形成，从而允许完成多个液滴操作，而不会由于液滴操作间隙中的填充流体中的气泡形成而中断。

公开(公告)号：US20150075991A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-19

申请号：US14549123

申请日：2014-11-20

Applicant: Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc.

Inventor： Delattre Cyril ,  Rival Arnaud ,  Srinivasan Vijay

IPC: B01L3/02 ,  B01L3/00

CPC classification number: B01L3/502784 ,  B01L3/502715 ,  B01L3/502723 ,  B01L3/50273 ,  B01L3/5029 ,  B01L3/52 ,  B01L2200/06 ,  B01L2200/0605 ,  B01L2300/0645 ,  B01L2300/0816 ,  B01L2300/088 ,  B01L2300/089 ,  B01L2300/1827 ,  B01L2400/0406 ,  B01L2400/0409 ,  B01L2400/0415 ,  B01L2400/0427 ,  B01L2400/043 ,  B01L2400/0442 ,  B01L2400/0448

Abstract: During droplet operations in a droplet actuator, bubbles often form in the filler fluid in the droplet operations gap and interrupt droplet operations. The present invention provides methods and systems for performing droplet operations on a droplet in a droplet actuator comprising maintaining substantially consistent contact between the droplet and an electrical ground while conducting multiple droplet operations on the droplet in the droplet operations gap and/or reducing the accumulation of electrical charges in the droplet operations gap during multiple droplet operations. The methods and systems reduce or eliminate bubble formation in the filler fluid of the droplet operations gap, thereby permitting completion of multiple droplet operations without interruption by bubble formation in the filler fluid in the droplet operations gap.