Modular nano and microscale sensors
AssigneeGeorgia Tech Research Corporation
InventorsRamasamy Ravindran, Muhannad Bakir
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a modular testing assay. According to various embodiments of the present invention, the sensor arrays, or microplates, are removably attached to a substrate. In some embodiments, the electrical connection between the sensors of the sensor array and the substrate provide for the removal of one sensor array or microplate with another or similar sensor array. The sensor arrays can be aligned using various types of alignment devices or the substrate can be configured to allow various alignments and spatial orientations of one or more sensor arrays.
Claims20
An assay apparatus for sensing at least one characteristic of a target, comprising:
- a plurality of electronic microplates comprising a plurality of sensors;
- an electronics layer for communicating with an output device;
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- one or more interconnects configured to communicatively connect one or more of the plurality of sensors with the electronics layer,
- wherein the plurality of electronic microplates are interchangeably attachable to and detachable from the electronics layer via the one or more interconnects.
A measurement system for measuring at least one characteristic of a target, comprising:
- an assay apparatus comprising:
- an electronics layer;
- a plurality of sensor arrays comprising a plurality of sensors;
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- one or more interconnects configured to communicatively connect one or more of the plurality of sensors with the electronics layer, wherein the plurality of sensors of the plurality of sensor arrays are interchangeably attachable to and detachable from the electronics layer via the one or more interconnects;
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- a detector device communicatively connected to the electronics layer that determines a type of sensor of at least one of the plurality of sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.