Chemical sensor array having multiple sensors per well

US10458942B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Life Technologies Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jonathan M. Rothberg · Paradise, US
• Keith G. Fife · Palo Alto, US
• James Bustillo · Castro Valley, US
• Jordan Owens · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N27/4148
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one embodiment, a device is described. The device includes a material defining a reaction region. The device also includes a plurality of chemically-sensitive field effect transistors have a common floating gate in communication with the reaction region. The device also includes a circuit to obtain respective output signals from the chemically-sensitive field effect transistors indicating an analyte within the reaction region.