Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital time-domain readout circuit method for BioFET sensor cascades
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Application No.: US16731899Application Date: 2019-12-31
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Publication No.: US11243184B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Yu-Jie Huang , Jui-Cheng Huang
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: G01N27/414
- IPC: G01N27/414

Abstract:
Various bioFET sensor readout circuits and their methods of operation are described. A readout circuit includes a plurality of logic gates coupled in cascade, a delay extractor, and a counting module. Each logic gate of the plurality of logic gates includes at least one bioFET sensor. The delay extractor is designed to generate a pulse-width signal based on a time difference between an output signal from the plurality of logic gates and a reference signal. The counting module is designed to receive the pulse-width signal and output a digital count corresponding to a width of the pulse-width signal.
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