Title :
Reducing pin count on cross-referencing Digital Microfluidic Biochip
Author :
Yeung, Jackson Ho Chuen ; Young, Evangeline F. Y. ; Choy, Chiu Sing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
Digital Microfluidic Biochip(DMFB) allows traditional laboratory procedures to be conducted autonomously on a small chip. On a DMFB, the number of control pins is a limiting factor on maximum chip size and a major factor affecting the manufacturing cost. We have developed a methodology that reduces pin count in cross-referencing DMFB. Our algorithm simultaneously optimizing routing and control pin assignment. Experiments show that the proposed scheme can reduce pin-count by 23% to 32% with minimal effect on routing time.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; control pin assignment; control pin number; cross-referencing DMFB; cross-referencing digital microfluidic biochip; limiting factor; manufacturing cost; maximum chip size; pin count reduction; pin-count; routing pin assignment; routing time; traditional laboratory procedures; Arrays; Color; Electrodes; Joining processes; Pins; Proteins; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2014 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3431-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2014.6865254
