Title :
Recent trends in chip-level design automation for digital microfluidic biochips
Author :
Roy, S. ; Chi-Ruo Wu ; Tsung-Yi Ho
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
Abstract :
In recent years, digital microfluidic (DMF) biochips have become the most popular and emerging technology for implementing a wide range of biochemical laboratory protocols on a small hand-held device. Due to its high-throughput, high-sensitivity, automatic control, and low cost, DMF biochips are now being considered for several real-life applications like on-chip diagnosis of various cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and others. As the complexity of biochemical assay increases, powerful computer-aided-design tools are needed for developing DMF biochips. This paper presents an overview of recent research trends in the chip-level design of DMF biochips.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biochemistry; cancer; cardiovascular system; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; patient diagnosis; AIDS; DMF; HIV; biochemical assay; biochemical laboratory protocols; cancer; cardiovascular diseases; chip-level design automation; diabetes; digital microfluidic biochips; high-throughput high-sensitivity automatic control; on-chip diagnosis; Design automation; Electrodes; Optimization; Pins; Reliability; Routing; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Circuits (ISIC), 2014 14th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
DOI :
10.1109/ISICIR.2014.7029546
