Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Microfluidic bubble logic devices and methods
- Patent Title (中): 微流控泡泡逻辑器件及方法
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Application No.: US12871861Application Date: 2010-08-30
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Publication No.: US08235071B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Manu Prakash , Neil Gershenfeld
- Applicant: Manu Prakash , Neil Gershenfeld
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agent Norma E. Henderson
- Main IPC: F15B21/00
- IPC: F15B21/00

Abstract:
A method for implementing a logic operation employs an all fluid-based no-moving part micro-mechanical logic family of microfluidic bubble logic devices that are constructed from complex sequences of microfluidic channels, microfluidic bubble modulators for programming the devices, and microfluidic droplet/bubble memory elements for chemical storage and retrieval. The input is a sequence of bubbles/droplets encoding information, with the output being another sequence of bubbles/droplets. For performing a set of reactions/tasks, the modulators program the device by producing a precisely timed sequence of bubbles/droplets, resulting in a cascade of logic operations within the microfluidic channel sequence, utilizing the generated bubbles as a control. The devices are based on the principle of minimum energy interfaces formed between the two fluid phases enclosed inside precise channel geometries. Various devices, including logic gates, non-volatile bistable memory, shift registers, multiplexers, and ring oscillators have been designed and fabricated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110048543A1 Microfluidic Bubble Logic Devices and Methods Public/Granted day:2011-03-03
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