Therriault D. – TechConnect Briefs

3D Printing of Double Ka Band Helical Antenna

Lanouette A.-M., Hill J., Dussault P.D., Laurin J.-J., Therriault D., École Polytechnique de Montréal, CA

We present a rapid and low-cost fabrication technique to build a small array of antennas operating in the Ka band (20-30GHz). The designed antenna prototypes have a wire diameter of 0.2mm, a helix diameter of [...]

Dual Helix Dielectrophoretic Cell Separator Fabricated Using the Direct-Write Spindle Deposition Technique

Guérin N., Lévesque M., Therriault D., École Polytechnique de Montréal, CA

Many biomedical procedures necessitating the separation of cells would benefit from the miniaturization of cell separators. This miniaturization effort has led to the development of 2D dielectrophoretic separators. The use of a 3D dielectrophoretic cell [...]

Programmable Three-Dimensional Microfluidic Fabrication by Direct-Write Assembly

Ghafar-Zadeh E., Therriault D., Sawan M., École Polytechnique de Montréal, CA

There are increasing needs for 3D microfluidic components such as microchannels, micromixers or micropumps for Laboratory-on-chip systems. To date, several efficient, but expensive and complex techniques such as Liga and micro-stereo-lithography [1] have been developed [...]

Direct-Write CMOS-Based Laboratory-On-Chip

Ghafar-Zadeh E., Sawan M., Therriault D., École Polytechnique de Montréal, CA

Over the recent years, the identification of genes which influence many diseases has been highly demanded and now, molecular diagnosis is most promising technology to offer fast and early detection of diseases to a maximum [...]