Title :
Smart microfluidic electrochemical DNA sensors integrated signal processing circuits
Author :
Sawada, Kazuaki ; Oda, Chigusa ; Takao, Hidekuni ; Ishida, Makoto
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
Smart microfluidic-DNA sensor with the signal processing circuit for electrochemical analysis is fabricated successfully. The proposed sensors are integrated electrochemical sensing electrode, microfluidic channel type reactor and operational amplifiers for an electrochemical measurement. Microfluidic type reactors were used with a laminar flow principle. Generally a relatively large and expensive system is necessary for electrochemical measurement. In the proposed smart chip, signal processing circuits to measure a cyclic-voltammograms characteristics were integrated, and the cyclic-voltammograms were successively measured by only two simple electric power sources.
Keywords :
DNA; biosensors; electrochemical devices; laminar flow; medical signal processing; microfluidics; operational amplifiers; cyclic-voltammograms; electric power sources; electrochemical DNA sensors; integrated signal processing circuits; laminar flow principle; microfluidic channel type reactor; operational amplifiers; smart microfluidic electrochemical sensors; Circuit analysis; DNA; Electric variables measurement; Inductors; Integrated circuit measurements; Intelligent sensors; Microfluidics; Power measurement; Semiconductor device measurement; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. TRANSDUCERS '05. The 13th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8994-8
DOI :
10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1496411