Patent ID: 8926811
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for temperature cycling, comprising a) an electrowetting-based microfluidic device, the device comprising a substrate plate and a cover plate, wherein the substrate plate and the cover plate define a space in-between, a first array of elongated control electrodes disposed in the substrate plate at a first height from the surface of the substrate plate, and a second array of elongated control electrodes disposed in the substrate plate at a second height from the substrate plate wherein the first and the second arrays are electrically isolated from each other and the second height is larger than the first height and wherein the elongated control electrodes of the first array are substantially perpendicular to the elongated control electrodes of the second array; b) a first temperature control element and a second temperature control element wherein the electrowetting-based microfluidic device is sandwiched inbetween; and wherein the second temperature control element substantially lines up with the first temperature control element; and c) a set of electric connections to the first and the second temperature control elements for providing electrical currents to the temperature control elements.