Behavioral modeling and performance evaluation of microelectrofluidics- based PCR systems using systemC
Composite microsystems that incorporate microelectromechanical and microelectrofluidic devices are emerging as the next generation of system-on-a-chip (SOC). We present a performance comparison between two types of microelectrofluidic systems (MEFS): continuous-flow systems and droplet-based systems. The comparison is based on a specific microelectrofluidic application - a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system. The behavioral modeling, simulation, and performance evaluation are based on a SystemC design environment. The performance comparison includes the system throughput, system-correction capacity, system-processing capacity, and system-design complexity. By using our system-performance evaluation environment, we demonstrated that the droplet-based MEFS provides higher performance, as well as lower design and integration complexity.
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Published In
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Related Subject Headings
- Computer Hardware & Architecture
- 4607 Graphics, augmented reality and games
- 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
- 1006 Computer Hardware
- 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering