Built-in self-test for micro-electrode-dot-array digital microfluidic biochips

A digital microfluidic biochip (DMFB) is an attractive platform for immunoassays, point-of-care clinical diagnostics, DNA sequencing, and other laboratory procedures in biochemistry. However, today's DMFBs suffer from several limitations, including (i) the lack of integrated sensors for real-time detection, (ii) constraints on droplet size and the inability to vary droplet volume in a fine-grained manner, and (iii) the need for special fabrication processes and the associated reliability/yield concerns. To overcome the above limitations, DMFBs based on a micro-electrode-dot-array (MEDA) architecture have been proposed recently. Droplet manipulation on MEDA biochips has also been experimentally demonstrated. In order to ensure robust fluidic operations and high confidence in the outcome of biochemical experiments, MEDA biochips must be adequately tested before they can be used for bioassay execution. We present an efficient built-in self-test (BIST) architecture for MEDA biochips. The proposed BIST architecture can effectively detect defects in a MEDA biochip, and faulty microcells can be identified. Simulation results based on HSPICE and experiments using fabricated MEDA biochips highlight the effectiveness of the proposed BIST architecture.

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