Abstract
Microfluidic based analysis systems, termed biochips, bioMEMS, micro-total-analysis-systems or lab-on-a-chip, often rely on extensive external instrumentation and human support, and could be referred to as chip-in-a-lab. Using a silicon CMOS substrate, on the other hand, our microfluidics and instrumentation are manufactured together yielding multiple advantages. After an overview of the applications, some relevant low voltage and high voltage circuits will be examined. One goal is to lower costs and analysis times for medical tests, making them more accessible.
Biography
Duncan Elliott received 3 degrees from University of Toronto and used to brew hot cider for the cider seminar series. He is a professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta where his passion for silicon includes memories, communications, RF architectures and biochips. He was the 2001 winner of the Colton Medal in microelectronics for his work on Computational RAM. His inventions have spawned 3 start-ups.