Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Controller
platform
PC
PCB-based
microfluidic
biochip
(a)
(b)
Figure 1.2
(a) A controller platform and (b) software interface [24] for PCB-based microfluidic biochips.
exact biochip area since the overheads due to spare cells and cells used for
droplet transportation are not known a priori. However, it cannot be accu-
rately predicted if the biochip design meets system specifications, for exam-
ple, maximum allowable array area and upper limits on assay completion
times, unless both high-level synthesis and physical design are carried out.
Reference [15] proposed a unified system-level synthesis method for micro-
fluidic biochips based on PRSA, which offers a link between these two steps.
