Patent ID: 8306294
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B01L,C12Q,G01N,H01L

Abstract:
1. A DNA analysis system, comprising: a chip comprising a microchannel for receiving a sample of solution comprising nucleic acid and for providing a path for the sample to traverse; an image sensor having a pixel array, wherein at least a portion of the microchannel is within a field of view of the pixel array; and an image sensor controller configured to define a first window of the pixel array and to define a second window of the pixel array for (a) reading the first window of the pixel array at a time when the sample is within a field of view of the first window, thereby producing first image data, and for (b) reading the second window of the pixel array at a time when the sample is within a field of view of the second window, wherein the center of the second window is spaced apart from the center of the first window.