Nonlinear dual-phase multiplexing in digital microfluidic architectures

Micromachines

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-384

  Collier, Christopher M ^a   Wiltshire, Michael ^a   Nichols, Jacqueline ^a   Born, Brandon ^a   Landry, Emily L ^a   Holzman, Jonathan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bi polar voltage; Cross referencing; Digital microfluidic; Threshold voltage

Indexed keywords

AC WAVEFORMS; CROSS-REFERENCING; ELECTRODE STRUCTURE; INPUT VOLTAGES; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; MICRODROPS; OUT OF PHASE; SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS;

DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84859056658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi2040369     Document Type: Article

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