Abstract:
The invention concerns a biochip assembly, a sensor assembly and a method for operating a biochip assembly. The inventive biochip assembly is characterized in that it comprises a substrate and a plurality of sensors arranged in the substrate or thereon. Each sensor includes an electrode whereto can be applied a predetermined electric voltage, particles having an electric multipolar moment can be attracted or repelled in a zone enclosing the electrode with the electric voltage, and a detection device arranged in the zone enclosing the electrode and designed for fixing and detecting numerous particles. Said biochip assembly further comprises a control device coupled to the electrodes of the sensors and designed to apply sequentially predetermined electric voltages to the electrodes of the sensors.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an analogue-to-digital converter. The analogue-to-digital converter, for conversion of a signal for digitisation into a digital signal, contains a number of comparators, each of which comprises a first and second input and an output. The digitised signal is provided at said output. Each comparator is further provided with an impedance network, coupled to at least one input of the comparator, whereby an impedance network is wired between the corresponding comparator and the signal for digitisation and between the corresponding comparator and a first electrical reference potential. The impedance networks are arranged such that the comparators are essentially brought to the same working point in the region of the specific decision threshold thereof.
Abstract:
According to the invention, an electrical characteristic of a material layer (3) or layer-type material structure is measured at various points provided with connection contacts (5, 6). A mean value of the measurement, taken from a base set of IC chips, is subtracted from a respective value, and a digital word for identifying the chip in question is formed on the basis of the result thus obtained, for each IC chip. The measurement can be carried out by means of a cross-correlation, the measuring regions crossing over each other.
Abstract:
The surface optimisation of components in integrated circuits with m components may be determined by a method comprising the following steps: fixing a pre-set repeat precision σout; determination of the minimum surface area Ai for components of the circuit with a data processing unit; whereby the minimum surface area Ai of an i-th component in the circuit is determined by the following equation (I): where cij is a matching constant for the j-th of n electrical parameters with 1
Abstract:
A sensor array with at least three electrodes and a switching unit is disclosed, as well as a process for operating such a sensor array for implementing an electrochemical analysis process. The at least three electrodes can be selectively switched as counter-electrodes or as a working electrode which can be electrically coupled to an electrolytic analyte. The at least three electrodes are set up in such a way that sensor events occur at an electrode switched as working electrode in the electrolyte solution, in the presence of the electrolytic analyte. The electrodes which are not required as working electrodes at a particular point in time for detecting the electrolytic analyte can thus be switched together to form the counter-electrode of the sensor array, thus dispensing with the need for a separate counter-electrode.
Abstract:
A biosensor assembly for detecting the presence of biological molecules comprising a substrate with an acceptance zone containing trap molecules that hybridize with the target molecules, where the substrate is superimposed on a light-sensitive structure with an output link to a continually operated electrical signal processing unit, is new. A biosensor assembly detects the presence of biological molecules and has a substrate with an acceptance zone containing trap molecules that hybridize with the target molecules. The substrate is superimposed on a light-sensitive structure with an output link to a continually operated electrical signal processing unit. The light-sensitive structure is a photo-diode working in conjunction with a signal amplifier and a bio-compatible electrical insulation layer with the trap molecules. The biosensor macro-molecular biopolymers are manufactured using CMOS technology. The receptor zone incorporates one or more indium-tin electrodes and a silver salt analyte. An independent claim is also included for use of the biosensor in a commensurate operating process.