Patent ID: 11932904
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A system for sequencing nucleic acid, comprising:
a fluidic channel having a plurality of sites for attaching, to a surface of the fluidic channel, a plurality of nucleic acid strands to be sequenced;
a heater coupled to the fluidic channel for setting a temperature of a contents of the fluidic channel to be within any of first, second, third, and fourth temperature ranges, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth temperature ranges are non-overlapping;
an imaging system configured to detect an intensity of light emitted at each of the plurality of sites; and
at least one processor coupled to the imaging system and to the heater and configured to execute at least one machine-readable instruction that, when executed, causes the at least one processor to:
in response to an intensity of light emitted at a particular site of the plurality of sites satisfying a first rule, identify a first fluorescently-labeled nucleotide precursor or a complementary base of the first fluorescently-labeled nucleotide precursor, and
in response to the intensity of light emitted at the particular site of the plurality of sites satisfying a second rule, identify a second fluorescently-labeled nucleotide precursor or a complementary base of the second fluorescently-labeled nucleotide precursor.