• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.93-94
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• 2010

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.55 no.2
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• pp.88-92
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• 2006

We present a microfluidic system with microvalves and a micropump that are easily integrated on the same substrate using the same fabrication process. The fabricated microfluidic system is suitable for use as a disposable device and its characteristics are optimized for use as a micro chemical analysis system (micro-TAS) and lab-on-a-chip. The system is realized by means of a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-glass chip and an indium tin oxide (ITO) heater. We demonstrate the integration of the micropump and microvalves using a new thermopneumatic-actuated PDMS-based microfluidic system. A maximum pumping rate of about 730 nl/min is observed at. a duty ratio of 1 $\%$ and a frequency of 2 Hz with a fixed power of 500 mW. The measured power at flow cut-off is 500 mW for the microvalve whose channel width, depth and membrane thickness were 400 $\mu$m, 110 $\mu$m, and 320 $\mu$m, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.390-391
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• 2006

This paper describes the design, fabrication and characteristics of a micromachined piezoelectric valve utilizing a multilayer ceramic actuator (MCA). The micromachined MCA valve, which uses a buckling effect, consists of three separate structures: the MCA, the valve actuator die and the seat die. The valve seat die with 6 trenches was made, and the actuator die, which is driven by the MCA under optimized conditions, was also fabricated. After Si wafer direct bonding between the seat die and the actuator die, the MCA was also anodically bonded to the seat/actuator die structure. A polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) sealing pad was fabricated to minimize the leak rate. Finally, the PDMS sealing pad was also bonded to the seat die and the stainless steel package. The MCA valve shows a flow rate of 9.13 sccm at an applied DC voltage of 100 V with a 50% duty cycle and a maximum non-linearity of 2.24% FS. Therefore, the fabricated MCA valve is suitable for a variety of flow control equipment, as a medical bio-system and in the automobile industry.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1989.07a
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• pp.345-348
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• 1989

A small linear incremental device, which is called a microworm, is introduced, and this paper explains working principle, design considerations and theoritcal force analysis of the microworm. A fluid control microvalve and a piezoelectric motor as an application of the microworm are explored for feasibility.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.64-66
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• 2002

This paper reports the design, modeling, fabrication and measurement of passive microvalves applicable to glaucoma implants. The proposed microvalves consisted of microchannels and chambers. The microchannels had a fixed fluidic resistance and generated a pressure difference. The chamber was located in the middle of the microchannels and acted as a buffer preventing an abrupt pressure change from an external variation of the fluid flow. To find optimum design parameters, six kinds of the microvalves were fabricated and experimented.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1993.11a
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• pp.210-212
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• 1993

In this paper, a silicon microvalve has been fabricated using micromachining technology. The valve consists of the several thin silicon diaphragms which are designed to open and close depending on the pressure difference. It is supposed to pass fluids in only one direction. The thin diaphragms are fabricated by boron etch stop using an anisotropic etchant, EPW. The fabricated valve has been tested for various pneumatic pressure. According to the experimental results, the slit width of the valve increases as the pneumatic pressure increases.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.116-118
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• 2005

열공압 방식으로 동작하는 마이크로 펌프와 밸브가 집적된 (polydimethylsiloxane)PDMS 미 세 유체 시스템을 제작하였다. 본 실험에서 제안한 미세 유체 시스템은 PDMS 마이크로 채널, PDMS membrane, 열공압 챔버, indium tin oxide(ITO) 히터로 구성되어 있다. 마이크로 펌프의 경우 가해주는 펄스 전압의 변화를 통해 유속을 최적화 하였고 마이크로 밸브의 경우 가해주는 직류 전압을 변화시켜 유체의 흐름을 제어할 수 있었다. 미세 유체 시스템의 최적화된 조건은 마이크로 펌프의 경우 duty 4%와 주파수 4Hz에서 최대 pumping rate을 나타냈고 그때의 pumping rate 68nl/min이었다. 마이크로 밸브의 유체를 closing 전력은 450mW이었다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1458-1459
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• 2008

미세 유체 제어 시스템 (마이크로 펌프, 마이크로 밸브, 마이크로 채널, 마이크로 믹서 등)의 집적은 화학 및 바이오 유체를 제어하는 Lab-on-a-chip 의 일부분으로서 사용되며 이러한 시스템의 집적은 Lab-on-a-chip 개발을 위해 필수적으로 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 microchip을 구현하기 위해서 초미세 유체 제어 소자인 마이크로 펌프와 마이크로 밸브를 같은 기판 위에 Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)와 indium tin oxade (ITO)를 사용하여 집적하였다. 그리고 밸브의 반복 작동 시 계속적인 유량의 감소를 줄이기 위해 PDMS 의 혼합비를 달리하여 PDMS membrane 의 기계적 특성을 강화시켰다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.53 no.6
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• pp.342-346
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• 2004

A thermopneumatic-actuated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) micropump has been fabricated and their properties are characterized. The diffusers are used as a flow-rectifying element instead of passive check valves. The advantages of the proposed microvalve are of the low cost fabrication process and the transparent optical property using PDMS and indium tin oxide (ITO) glass. We presented the PDMS micropump that is easily integrated with the in-channel PDMS microvalves on the same substrate. The flowrate of the micropump increases linearly as the applied pulse voltage to the ITO heater increases. The fabricated ITO heater resistance is 6.54k$\Omega$. The peak of the flow rate is observed at the duty ratio of 10% for the applied pulse voltage of 55V at 6Hz and the maximum flow rate of 78nl/min is measured.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07c
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• pp.2374-2376
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• 2005

본 연구에서 제안한 microfluidic system은 열공압 방식으로 구동되고 indium tin oxide (ITO) 및 polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)로 제작하여 공정이 간단하고 비용이 저렴하여 일회용으로 사용이 가능하며 투명한 장점을 갖는다. 또한 마이크로 펌프는 인-채널 구조의 마이크로 밸브와 동일한 공정으로 제작하였다. 제안된 마이크로 펌프는 인-채널 구조의 마이크로 밸브와 같은 기판 위에 쉽게 집적하여 제작할 수 있다. 마이크로 펌프의 pumping rate는 인가 펄스 전압의 주파수와 duty비를 변화시켜 최적화하였다. Duty 비가 1%이고 주파수가 2 Hz일 때 최대 pumping rate를 보였으며 이때 pumping rate는 26.18nl/min이였다. 마이크로 밸브는 ITO 히터에 전력을 인가함으로서 유량의 on/off 제어가 잘 됨을 확인할 수 있었고 유체를 closing하기 위해 필요한 전력은 100mW이다.