A droplet routing technique for fault-tolerant digital microfluidic devices

X. Zhang; Frits van Proosdij; Hans G. Kerkhoff

doi:10.1109/IMS3TW.2008.4581596

A droplet routing technique for fault-tolerant digital microfluidic devices

X. Zhang, Frits van Proosdij, Hans G. Kerkhoff

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Abstract

Abstract—Efficient droplet routing is one of the key approaches for realizing fault-tolerant microfluidic biochips. It requires that run-time diagnosis and fault recovery can be made possible in such systems. This paper describes a droplet routing technique for a fault-tolerant digital microfluidic platform. This technique features handling of many microfluidic operations simultaneously and uses on-chip sensors for diagnosis at run-time. Once a fault is detected during the droplet routing, recovery procedures will be started-up immediately. Faulty units on the chip will be marked and isolated from the array so that the remaining droplets can still be routed along a fault-free path to their destinations. This method guarantees a non-stop fault-tolerant operation for very large microfluidic arrays.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	IEEE 14th International Mixed-Signals, Sensors, and Systems Test Workshop, 2008. IMS3TW 2008
Place of Publication	Los Alamitos
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-7
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-2395-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS3TW.2008.4581596
Publication status	Published - 29 Jul 2008
Event	14th IEEE International Mixed-Signals, Sensors, and Systems Test Workshop. IMS3TW 2008 - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 18 Jun 2008 → 20 Jun 2008 Conference number: 14

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Publisher	IEEE Computer Society Press
Number	WoTUG-31

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Workshop	14th IEEE International Mixed-Signals, Sensors, and Systems Test Workshop. IMS3TW 2008
Abbreviated title	IMS3TW
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	18/06/08 → 20/06/08

Keywords

METIS-254899
EWI-13867
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP6/507255
IR-65058

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Zhang, X, van Proosdij, F & Kerkhoff, HG 2008, A droplet routing technique for fault-tolerant digital microfluidic devices. in IEEE 14th International Mixed-Signals, Sensors, and Systems Test Workshop, 2008. IMS3TW 2008., 10.1109/IMS3TW.2008.4581596, IEEE, Los Alamitos, pp. 1-7, 14th IEEE International Mixed-Signals, Sensors, and Systems Test Workshop. IMS3TW 2008, Vancouver, Canada, 18/06/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS3TW.2008.4581596

A droplet routing technique for fault-tolerant digital microfluidic devices. / Zhang, X.; van Proosdij, Frits; Kerkhoff, Hans G.
IEEE 14th International Mixed-Signals, Sensors, and Systems Test Workshop, 2008. IMS3TW 2008. Los Alamitos: IEEE, 2008. p. 1-7 10.1109/IMS3TW.2008.4581596.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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