Chemical detection circuit including a serializer circuit
AssigneeLife Technologies Corporation
InventorsKeith Fife, Jungwook Yang
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Abstract
The described embodiments may provide a chemical detection circuit. The chemical detection circuit may comprise a pixel array, a pair of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit blocks, a pair of input/output (I/O) circuit blocks coupled to the pair of ADC circuit blocks respectively, and a plurality of serial link terminals coupled to the pair of IO circuit blocks. The pixel array may comprise a plurality of chemically-sensitive pixels formed in columns and rows. Each chemically-sensitive pixel may comprise: a chemically-sensitive transistor, and a row selection device.
Claims17
A chemical detection circuit, comprising:
- a pixel array comprising a plurality of chemically-sensitive pixels formed in columns and rows, each chemically-sensitive pixel comprising:
- a chemically-sensitive transistor;
- and
- a row selection device;
- a pair of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit blocks coupled to the pixel array;
- a pair of input/output (I/O) circuit blocks coupled to the pair of ADC circuit blocks respectively;
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- a plurality of serial link terminals coupled to the pair of I/O circuit blocks.
A method to read out data from a chemical detection device, comprising:
- reading data from a plurality of columns of chemically-sensitive pixels on the chemical detection device in parallel, wherein each chemically-sensitive pixel comprises:
- a chemically-sensitive transistor;
- and
- a row selection device;
- digitizing data read from the plurality of columns of chemically-sensitive pixels in parallel;
- serializing the digitized data in parallel for each column of chemically-sensitive pixels respectively;
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- transmitting the buffered digitized data on a plurality of serial links in parallel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.