System design and modeling of a time-varying, nonlinear temperature controller for microfluidics

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 521-530

  Kaigala, Govind V ^a   Jiang, Jingbo ^a   Backhouse, Christopher J ^a   Marquez, Horacio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microchip genetic amplification; Microfluidics; System identification; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; CASCADE CONFIGURATION; CONTROL ELEMENTS; CONTROL PERFORMANCE; CONTROLLER DESIGNS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROLLER; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; FAST-TRACKING; GENETIC BASIS; INTERNAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL REPRESENTATIONS; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; MICROFLUIDICS SYSTEMS; MODEL-BASED CONTROLLER; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTI-OUTPUT; MULTIPLE INPUTS; NONLINEAR ELEMENTS; NONLINEAR TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL TEMPERATURE; RESPONSE SPEED; SET-POINT; SETPOINTS; SLEW RATE; STEADY STATE ERRORS; SWITCHING CONTROLLERS; SWITCHING STRATEGIES; SYSTEM DESIGN; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATIONS; SYSTEM MODELS; SYSTEM OUTPUT; TEM; TEMPERATURE CYCLING; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; THERMOELECTRIC MODULES; TIME VARYING; VIRAL DETECTION;

AMPLIFICATION; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MICROFLUIDICS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MODEL STRUCTURES; SWITCHING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 77649180340     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2009.2015937     Document Type: Article

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