Microfluidics System for Sequencing
AssigneeImec
InventorPeter Peumans
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Abstract
A sensor chip (100) for use in multiplexed analysis of at least one sample is described. The sensor chip (100) comprises a plurality of sensing sites, each sensing site adapted for sensing an optional interaction of a sample with a component and an input waveguide for receiving radiation from a frequency comb radiation source and guiding said radiation along said plurality of sensing sites. At each sensing site, a distinct optical sensitive element is adapted for, at a distinct frequency, sensing an optional interaction of said sample with said component. An output means provides output of the radiation representative for the sensing dependent on said optional interaction of said sample with said component at said plurality of sensing sites.
Claims15
A sensor chip for use in multiplexed analysis of at least one sample, the sensor chip comprising
- a plurality of sensing sites, each sensing site adapted for sensing an optional interaction of a sample with a component,
- an input waveguide for receiving radiation from a frequency comb radiation source and guiding said radiation along said plurality of sensing sites,
- at each sensing site, a distinct optical sensitive element adapted for, at a distinct frequency of said radiation, sensing the optional interaction of said sample with said component, whereby the distinct frequency for said sensing is different for each sensing site,
- an output means for outputting radiation representative for said sensing dependent on said optional interaction of said sample with said component at said plurality of sensing sites.
A method for performing multiplexed analysis of samples, the method comprising,
- guiding frequency comb radiation simultaneously to a plurality of sensing sites, each sensing site adapted for sensing an optional interaction of a sample with a component,
- for each of the sensing sites, allowing at a distinct frequency sensing the optional interaction of said sample with said component in or near the optical sensitive element, and
- outputting radiation representative for said sensing dependent on the optional interaction of said sample with said component at said plurality of sensing sites.
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