Microparticle measuring apparatus
AssigneeAdvantest Corporation
InventorsYasuharu IMAI, Hiroshi SATO, Kosuke OINUMA, Nobuei WASHIZU
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Abstract
The microparticle measuring apparatus is used in combination with a pore-based device. The pore-based device has a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber separated by a partition having a pore. A measuring instrument is structured to measure a current signal that flows between a first electrode provided in the first liquid chamber and a second electrode provided in the second liquid chamber. Upon detection of the clogging of the pore-based device during the measurement, the pressure controller generates a pressure difference between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber.
Claims10
A microparticle measuring apparatus used in combination with a pore-based device,
- wherein the pore-based device comprises a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber separated by a partition having a pore,
- the microparticle measuring apparatus comprising:
- a measuring instrument structured to measure a current signal that flows between a first electrode provided in the first liquid chamber and a second electrode provided in the second liquid chamber;
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- a pressure controller structured to generate a pressure difference between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber when clogging of the pore-based device is detected during the measurement.
A microparticle measuring method with use of a pore-based device,
- the pore-based device comprising a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber separated by a partition having a pore,
- the microparticle measuring method comprising:
- measuring a current signal that flows between a first electrode provided in the first liquid chamber and a second electrode provided in the second liquid chamber,
- detecting clogging of the pore-based device during measurement, and
- generating a pressure difference between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber, upon detection of the clogging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.