期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 110, 期 45, 页码 18104-18109出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310254110
关键词
fluid dynamics; digital computing
资金
- National Science Foundation [ECCS-1102397]
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Nanoelectromechanical/Microelectromechanical Science & Technology Fundamentals Program [N66001-1-4003]
- Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [1102397] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Frequency references are fundamental to most digital systems, providing the basis for process synchronization, timing of outputs, and waveform synthesis. Recently, there has been growing interest in digital logic systems that are constructed out of microfluidics rather than electronics, as a possible means toward fully integrated laboratory-on-a-chip systems that do not require any external control apparatus. However, the full realization of this goal has not been possible due to the lack of on-chip frequency references, thus requiring timing signals to be provided from off-chip. Although microfluidic oscillators have been demonstrated, there have been no reported efforts to characterize, model, or optimize timing accuracy, which is the fundamental metric of a clock. Here, we report pneumatic ring oscillator circuits built from microfluidic valves and channels. Further, we present a compressible-flow analysis that differs fundamentally from conventional circuit theory, and we show the utility of this physically based model for the optimization of oscillator stability. Finally, we leverage microfluidic clocks to demonstrate circuits for the generation of phase-shiftedwaveforms, self-driving peristaltic pumps, and frequency division. Thus, pneumatic oscillators can serve as onchip frequency references formicrofluidic digital logic circuits. On-chip clocks and pumps both constitute critical building blocks on the path toward achieving autonomous laboratory-on-a-chip devices.
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