ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes a synthesis methodology that unifies operation scheduling, resource binding, and module placement. In addition, similar to the previous synthesis method, a prebuilt microfluidic module library, including various characterized microfluidic modules, is also provided as an input of the synthesis procedure. The proposed synthesis tool performs scheduling, resource binding, and placement in a unified manner. The output of the synthesis tool includes the mapping of assay operation to resources, a schedule for the assay operations, and the placement of the modules. The synthesis procedure attempts to find a desirable design point that satisfies the input specifications. The chapter describes the proposed synthesis method by using it to design a biochip for a real-life protein assay. Protein assay plays an important role in clinical diagnostics and drug discovery. There exists a pressing need for high-throughout protein analysis for use in the emerging area of proteomics.
