A progressive-ILP-based routing algorithm for the synthesis of cross-referencing biochips
Journal
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
9
Pages
1295-1306
Date Issued
2009
Author(s)
Abstract
Due to recent advances in microfluidics technology, digital microfluidic biochips and their associated computer-aided-design problems have gained much attention, most of which has been devoted to direct-addressing biochips. In this paper, we solve the droplet routing problem under the more scalable cross-referencing biochip paradigm. We propose the first droplet routing algorithm that directly solves the problem of routing. We first present an optimal basic integer-linear-programming (ILP) formulation. Due to its complexity, we also propose a progressive-ILP scheme to determine the locations of droplets at each time step. Simulation results demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of our algorithm.
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Type
journal article