Patent ID: 7764378
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for detection, interrogating a biological sample using a probe array configured to be responsive to a plurality of particles wherein the probe array generates one or more identifiable signals following interaction with the biological sample particles and wherein the biological sample composition is resolved, at least in part, by identifying the signals associated with each constituent probe of the array, the system comprising: a segmented detector configured to detect at least a portion of one or more identifiable signals associated with each biological sample wherein the position of each signal on a plurality of pixels form an optical image; a clock driver that provides one or more gate voltages to the pixels so as to affect a manner in which collected charges are transferred from the pixels; a readout component that reads out the charges transferred from the pixels to thereby yield an output signal corresponding to each pixel wherein the output signal is representative of the magnitude of the pixel's collected charge; and a controller configured to control at least one of the clock driver and the readout component so as to allow selective adjustment of a manner in which the gate voltages is applied to the pixel or the manner in which the readout occurs so as to allow different readout of different areas of the segmented detector.