Title :
An electric field array microsystem for Lab-on-chip and biomedical analysis
Author :
Ibrahim, Mohamed F. ; Elsayed, Fahmi ; Ghallab, Yehya H. ; Badawy, Wael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Abstract :
This paper presents a new electric field array microsystem. The microsystem is fully automated, and it can be used in biomedical applications. The microsystem contains two main parts which are: 1) A CMOS integrated circuit (IC) which is based on 0.18 ¿m technology and includes the sensing and actuation parts, 2) a control circuit board which contains the amplification and conditioning parts. The microsystem is tested in biomedical environment and the experimental results show that the automated microsystem is a suitable candidate for biomedical applications such as: noninvasive biological cell detection, cancer detection and antibody selection.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; bioMEMS; bioelectric phenomena; biomedical equipment; lab-on-a-chip; CMOS integrated circuit; actuation; amplification parts; antibody selection; automated microsystem; biomedical analysis; biomedical applications; cancer detection; control circuit board; electric field array microsystem; lab-on-chip; noninvasive biological cell detection; sensing part; size 0.18 mum; Automatic control; Biological cells; Biological control systems; Circuits; Digital control; FETs; Lab-on-a-chip; Nonuniform electric fields; Sensor arrays; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, 2009. BioCAS 2009. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4917-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4918-7
DOI :
10.1109/BIOCAS.2009.5372076
