Patent ID: 11946894
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  C  H | IPC C  G  H

Claim 17:
18. The system recited in claim 9, wherein the plurality of nanopores is a first plurality of nanopores, the plurality of sense electrodes is a first plurality of sense electrodes, the counter electrode is a first counter electrode, the multiplexer is a first multiplexer, the read circuit is a first read circuit, the bootstrap circuit is a first bootstrap circuit, and the bias circuit is a first bias circuit, and further comprising:
a second plurality of nanopores;
a second plurality of sense electrodes, each of the second plurality of sense electrodes associated with a respective one of the second plurality of nanopores;
a second counter electrode shared by the second plurality of nanopores;
a second multiplexer coupled to the second plurality of sense electrodes and configured to select one of the second plurality of sense electrodes to read an associated one of the second plurality of nanopores;
a second read circuit coupled to the second multiplexer and configured to receive, from the second multiplexer, a signal from the selected one of the second plurality of sense electrodes;
a second bootstrap circuit coupled to the second counter electrode;
a second bias circuit coupled to the second counter electrode; and
a read multiplexer coupled to an output of the first read circuit and an output of the second read circuit and configured to provide a signal to the digitizer,, and wherein the control logic is further coupled to the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer and is configured to control the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer to select a single nanopore from among the first plurality of nanopores and the second plurality of nanopores.