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US 2021/0237086 A1Published application
Chip for gene sequencing and gene sequencing method
AssigneesBeijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsYue GENG, Fengchun PANG, Peizhi CAI, Le GU
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Abstract
A chip for gene sequencing and a gene sequencing method are disclosed. The chip for gene sequencing includes: a body, including an accommodating chamber and a temperature testing element, wherein the temperature testing element is configured for testing a temperature variation amount in the accommodating chamber.
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1:
- A chip for gene sequencing, comprising:
- a body, comprising an accommodating chamber and a temperature testing element,
- wherein the temperature testing element is configured for testing a temperature variation amount in the accommodating chamber.
2:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 1, wherein the temperature testing element is provided in the accommodating chamber, for testing the temperature variation amount in the accommodating chamber.
3:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 1, wherein the temperature testing element comprises:
- a cantilever beam, on a cavity wall of the accommodating chamber and configured to be thermally deformable;
- and
- a deformation detecting element, on the cantilever beam and configured to detect a deformation amount of the cantilever beam to reflect the temperature variation amount of the accommodating chamber,
- wherein an orthogonal projection of the cantilever beam on a plane where a bottom surface of the accommodating chamber is located is at least partially overlapped with the bottom surface of the accommodating chamber.
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4:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 3, wherein the cantilever beam comprises:
- a first base beam and a second base beam arranged side by side;
- and
- a connection layer between the first base beam and the second base beam,
- wherein thermal expansion coefficients of the first base beam and the second base beam are different.
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5:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 4, wherein the deformation detecting element comprises a piezoresistor, and the piezoresistor is configured to detect the deformation amount of the cantilever beam and reflect the temperature variation amount of the accommodating chamber as a variation amount of a resistance value.
6:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 3, wherein the cantilever beam comprises:
- a first base beam and a second base beam arranged side by side, and
- a dielectric layer between the first base beam and the second base beam,
- wherein the first base beam and the second base beam are connected together through the dielectric layer, the deformation detecting element comprises a capacitor constituted by the dielectric layer, the first base beam, and the second base beam, and the capacitor is configured to detect the deformation amount of the cantilever beam and reflect the temperature variation amount of the accommodating chamber as a variation amount of a capacitance value.
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7:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 6, wherein thermal expansion coefficients of the first base beam and the second base beam are different.
8:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 6, wherein the deformation detecting element further comprises a first capacitance test electrode connected with the first base beam and a second capacitance test electrode connected with the second base beam.
9:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 3, wherein the deformation detecting element is at one end of the cantilever beam away from a cavity wall of the accommodating chamber.
10:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 4, wherein one of the first base beam and the second base beam is made of metal aluminum and the other of the first base beam and the second base beam is made of non-metallic silicon.
11:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 3, wherein the cantilever beam is transversely provided at a top end of the accommodating chamber.
12:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 4, wherein the first base beam and the second base beam are arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface of the accommodating chamber, and an orthogonal projection of the first base beam on the plane where the bottom surface of the accommodating chamber is located is at least partially overlapped with an orthogonal projection of the second base beam on the plane where the bottom surface of the accommodating chamber is located.
13:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 1, wherein the body comprises a plurality of accommodating chambers and a plurality of temperature testing elements, the plurality of accommodating chambers are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of temperature testing elements.
14:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 13, wherein, the body further comprises:
- an inlet;
- an outlet;
- and
- an overflow chamber, in communication with the plurality of accommodating chambers;
- wherein the inlet and the outlet are both in communication with the overflow chamber.
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- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 14, wherein, the body comprises:
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate being provided opposite to each other;
- and
- an annular wall, between the first substrate and the second substrate, one end of the annular wall being connected with an edge of the first substrate, and the other end of the annular wall being connected with an edge of the second substrate,
- wherein one of the first substrate and the second substrate is provided with the plurality of accommodating chambers thereon, the other one of the first substrate and the second substrate is provided with the inlet and the outlet thereon, the overflow chamber is formed on an inner side the annular wall, and sides of the plurality of accommodating chambers facing the overflow chamber are in communication with the overflow chamber.
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16:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 1, wherein a circumscribed circle of a cross section of the accommodating chamber has a diameter of D, and the accommodating chamber has a height of 1.25 D to 5 D.
17:
- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 16, wherein the diameter D of the circumscribed circle of the cross section of the accommodating chamber is 10 μm to 100 μm.
18:
- A gene sequencing method, comprising:
- placing a sample to be tested into an accommodating chamber;
- adding a test reagent for a base pairing reaction to the accommodating chamber;
- and
- testing a temperature variation amount of the accommodating chamber for gene sequencing.
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- The gene sequencing method according to claim 18, wherein testing the temperature variation amount of the accommodating chamber for gene sequencing comprises:
- determining whether or not the base pairing reaction occurs and a number of pairing reactions according to a magnitude of the temperature variation amount;
- and
- determining a type of a base on the sample to be tested according to a type of a base of the test reagent.
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- The chip for gene sequencing according to claim 2, wherein the temperature testing element comprises:
- a cantilever beam, on a cavity wall of the accommodating chamber and configured to be thermally deformable;
- and
- a deformation detecting element, on the cantilever beam and configured to detect a deformation amount of the cantilever beam to reflect the temperature variation amount of the accommodating chamber,
- wherein an orthogonal projection of the cantilever beam on a plane where a bottom surface of the accommodating chamber is located is at least partially overlapped with the bottom surface of the accommodating chamber.
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