Scalable low cost architecture for analysis of Lab-on-Chip data

This paper presents an architecture of the data processing (analysis) part, of a Lab-on-Chip (LoC) device. The LoC is a heterogeneous device accommodating mechanical, microsystems and electronics sections. Biological reactions are performed in the microfluidics part of the device, then the biological process results are detected by the Microsystems part and finally the electronics section handles the readout and the data processing for presenting the results to the final user for decision making. The micro-system part is an array of sensors for hybridization electronic detection; the readout is a mixed digital-analogue circuitry for converting the sensors measurements to digital data and the processing part for the data analysis may be an efficient hardware architecture for processing the data in real-time. LoCs are used for molecular Diagnostics or Pharmacogenomics applications, identifying the existence of particular DNA mutations or antibodies into the sample under examination.