Abstract :
This article discusses several aspects of design and test methodology centered on digital microfluidics, including modeling, simulation, synthesis, test, and reconfiguration. The automated design methods for digital electronics and adaption of them to droplet-based microfluidics are explained. The test methodology detects both catastrophic and parametric faults by electrically controlling and tracking the motion of the test stimuli droplets and also facilitates concurrent testing, in which fault testing and biomedical assays run simultaneously on a microfluidic system.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biochemistry; biomolecular electronics; circuit CAD; digital integrated circuits; drops; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; integrated circuit testing; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; ab-on-a-chip; automated design methods; biomedical assays; catastrophic faults; computer-aided design; concurrent testing; digital electronics; droplet-based microfluidics; electrical control; fault testing; integrated digital microfluidic biochip; motion control; motion tracking; on-chip biochemical analysis; parametric faults; test methodology; Automatic control; Computational modeling; Control systems; Design automation; Design methodology; Electrical fault detection; Microfluidics; Motion control; Motion detection; System testing; CAD; computer-aided design; digital microfluidics; reconfiguration; simulation; synthesis; test;
