Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Overview of Lab-on-Chip (LoC)
1.2 From Macro to Micro Bioassays
1.3 CMOS-Based Lab-on-Chips
1.4 Objectives and Organization of book
Chapter 2: CMOS sensing electrodes
2.1 On-chip microelectrode configurations
2.2 Micromachining gold electrode on CMOS chip
2.3 Electrical model of capacitive sensing electrodes
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3: Capacitive Biochemical Interfaces
3.1 Biochemical capacitive sensing methods
3.2 Design of recognition element: An example for CGM
3.3 Summary
Chapter 4: Capacitive Interface circuits
4.1 LBCS vs. MBCS
4.2 LBCS methods
4.3 Core-CBCM interface circuit
4.4 Core-CBCM sigma-delta capacitive sensor
4.5 Core-CBCM capacitive sensing system
4.6 Summary
Chapter 5: Microfluidic Packaging Techniques
5.1 Microfluidic packaging methods
5.2 Direct-write microfabrication process
5.3 Direct-write microfluidic packaging procedure
5.4 Emerging applications of DWFP
5.5 Summary
Chapter 6: Present and Future Technology of Capacitive Biosensors
6.1 Conventional impedometric and capacitive measurement systems
6.2 Handheld impedance measurement systems
6.3 Towards fully integrated capacitive sensing LoC
6.4 Summary
About the Author: Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh
received the BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical Engineering from KNT and Tehran Universities, Tehran, Iran, in 1992 and 1994, respectively. In 1994 he joints the electrical engineering department at SCU University, Ahvaz, Iran as faculty memeber. During 2004-2008, he pursued a PhD degree in electrical engineering at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada. In January 2008 and September 2008, he received two fellowship award from NSERC Canada and ReSMiQ Quebec, Canada which allowed him to continue his research for fully integrated bacteria detection. The research interests of Dr. Ghafar-zadeh include the circuit and system design, implementation and packaging technologies for lab-on-chip applications.