Advances in micro-miniaturization within the semiconductor industry in recent years have enabled biotechnologists to begin packing their traditionally bulky sensing tools into smaller and smaller form factors, onto so-called biochips. It would be desirable to develop techniques for biochips.
Various embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.
The invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a process; an apparatus; a system; a composition of matter; a computer program product embodied on a computer readable storage medium; and/or a processor, such as a processor configured to execute instructions stored on and/or provided by a memory coupled to the processor. In this specification, these implementations, or any other form that the invention may take, may be referred to as techniques. In general, the order of the steps of disclosed processes may be altered within the scope of the invention. Unless stated otherwise, a component such as a processor or a memory described as being configured to perform a task may be implemented as a general component that is temporarily configured to perform the task at a given time or a specific component that is manufactured to perform the task. As used herein, the term ‘processor’ refers to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores configured to process data, such as computer program instructions.
In various embodiments, the techniques described herein are implemented in a variety of systems or forms. In some embodiments, the techniques are implemented in hardware as an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). In some embodiments, a processor (e.g., an embedded one such as an ARM core) is used where the processor is provided or loaded with instructions to perform the techniques described herein. In some embodiments, the technique is implemented as a computer program product which is embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprises computer instructions.
A detailed description of one or more embodiments of the invention is provided below along with accompanying figures that illustrate the principles of the invention. The invention is described in connection with such embodiments, but the invention is not limited to any embodiment. The scope of the invention is limited only by the claims and the invention encompasses numerous alternatives, modifications and equivalents. Numerous specific details are set forth in the following description in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. These details are provided for the purpose of example and the invention may be practiced according to the claims without some or all of these specific details. For the purpose of clarity, technical material that is known in the technical fields related to the invention has not been described in detail so that the invention is not unnecessarily obscured.
Biochemical sensors are devices that can measure a variable biochemical quantity and transform the measurement into output signals, e.g., an electrical signal or a light signal, according to certain rules. Biochemical sensors may be electrochemical sensors or optical sensors. Biochemical sensors may be employed in a variety of applications; for example, they may be used for nucleotide sequencing, medical diagnosis, patient monitoring, and the like.
A nanopore array is one example of measurement arrays that use biochemical sensors for biochemical measurements. A nanopore array for nucleotide sequencing may contain thousands or millions of single cells or measurement sites. Each cell contains a nanopore, which is a small hole in an electrically insulating membrane that can be used as a single-molecule sensor. A nanopore may be formed using a biological material, such as α-hemolysin or MspA. A nanopore may be formed using a solid-state material, such as a semiconductor material. When a small voltage is applied across a nanopore, an ionic current through the nanopore can be measured to provide information about the structure of a molecule transiting the nanopore. In a single cell of a nanopore array, an electrical circuit may be used for controlling the electrical stimulus applied across a lipid bilayer which contains the nanopore, and for sensing the electrical patterns, or signatures, of a molecule passing through the nanopore.
In some applications, biochemical measurement arrays may be used to take precise biochemical measurements; however, their performance can be affected by the temperature at the site of the measurements. Typically, biochemical sensors are mounted on, or are an integral part of, an integrated circuit. Since the measurements made by the biochemical sensors are taken directly from the surface of integrated circuits which may produce heat, the accuracy and variability of the temperature at the site of the measurements need to be carefully controlled; otherwise, performance degradation will result.
Temperature regulation of biochemical measurement arrays is challenging for several reasons. Transducing temperature at the exact point of biochemical measurements is difficult. Furthermore, any temperature difference between the point of thermal measurement and the point of biochemical measurement will translate into errors in regulating the temperature at the point of biochemical measurement.
In some temperature regulation schemes, a bang-bang control mechanism is employed. A bang-bang controller is a feedback controller that switches abruptly between two states. For example, a cooling or heating element is turned either full on or full off, without being run at any intermediate levels. This technique simplifies the temperature regulation circuitry, but introduces short time duration variability (ripples) in the temperature at the site of the biochemical measurements.
In some embodiments, the first side 214A of Peltier device 214 has a surface large enough to cover the entire bottom surface of integrated circuit die 204 or the entire biochemical measurement array 202, such that the temperature of the entire integrated circuit die 204 or the entire biochemical measurement array 202 can be maintained at a predetermined operating temperature. In some embodiments, the predetermined operating temperature is configurable and is selected from a plurality of operating temperatures.
Typically, a biochemical measurement chip may include as many as one million biochemical measurement sites. Since each biochemical measurement site may consume as much as 3.3 μW (1 μA at 3.3 V), a total of 3.3 W may be consumed by the entire biochemical measurement chip. In the absence of temperature regulating system 220, which efficiently pumps heat away from the die, the power consumed by the circuitry of the biochemical measurement chip may cause the die to overheat.
With reference to
The temperature regulating system 220 as described in the present application provides an asymptotically Lyapunov stable linear control loop for regulating the temperature of biochemical measurement chip 200. In particular, the mechanical arrangement of the various components in temperature regulating system 220 ensures that the system thermal time constants are asymptotically Lyapunov stable.
Although the foregoing embodiments have been described in some detail for purposes of clarity of understanding, the invention is not limited to the details provided. There are many alternative ways of implementing the invention. The disclosed embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive.
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/436,948 entitled TEMPERATURE REGULATION OF BIOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT ARRAYS filed Jan. 27, 2011 which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
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