IP Library Granted Patent US 8,383,063
Granted Patent B2
US 8,383,063 · App. 13/059,370 · Granted Feb 26, 2013

Microchip and microchip manufacturing method

Inventors: Hiroshi Hirayama (Musashino, JP); Toshinori Takimura (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,383,063
App. No.
13/059,370
Granted
Feb 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A microchip 1 in which a resinous film can be inhibited from sagging into a channel. The microchip 1 comprises: a resinous substrate 2 having a channel groove formed therein; and a resinous film bonded to a surface of the substrate on which the channel groove has been formed. A micro-channel 3 including channels 3 A and channels 3 B is formed by the channel groove and the resinous film 10 . The total length of the channels 3 B, which is parallel to the X direction for the resinous substrate 2 , is larger than the total length of the channels 3 A, which is parallel to the Y direction for the resinous substrate 2 . The resinous substrate 2 has been bonded to the resinous film so that the sides parallel to the channels 3 B are parallel to the TD direction of the resinous film and that the sides parallel to the channels 3 A are parallel to the MD direction of the resinous film.

Claims (19)

1. A microchip in which a channel is formed comprising:

a resinous substrate having a substantially rectangular outer shape in which a channel groove is formed, and

a resinous film to form the channel by being bonded onto a surface of the resinous substrate on which the channel groove is formed,

wherein a total length of a first channel parallel to a first side of the resinous substrate is longer than a total length of a second channel parallel to a second side, perpendicular to the first side, of the resinous substrate, and the resinous substrate and the resinous film are bonded in a way that the first side and a TD direction of the resinous film are parallel and the second side and a MD direction of the resinous film are parallel.

2. A microchip in which a channel is formed comprising:

a resinous substrate in which a channel groove is formed, and

a resinous film to form the channel by being bonded onto a surface of the resinous substrate on which the channel groove is formed,

wherein when the channel is disaggregated into a first channel representing an element parallel to a first side of a virtual rectangle surrounding the resinous substrate defined to be in contact with a periphery of the resinous substrate and a second channel representing an element parallel to a second channel perpendicular to the first side, a total length of the first channel is longer than a total length of the second channel, wherein the resinous substrate and the resinous film are bonded in a way that the first side and a TD direction of the resinous film are parallel and the second side and a MD direction of the resinous film are parallel.

3. The microchip of claim 1 , wherein the total length of the first channel is more than two times of the total length of the second channel,

4. A manufacturing method of a microchip having a channel, comprising:

bonding a resinous film via thermal fusion bonding onto a surface of a resinous substrate on which a channel groove is formed, wherein the resinous substrate in which the channel groove is formed, is in a substantially rectangular shape,

wherein a total of a length of a first channel parallel to a first side of the resinous substrate is longer than a total of a length of a second channel parallel to a second side, perpendicular to the first side, of the resinous substrate, and the resinous substrate and the resinous film are bonded in a way that the first side and a TD direction of the resinous film are parallel and the second side and a MD direction of the resinous film are parallel.

5. A manufacturing method of a microchip having a channel, comprising:

bonding a resinous film via thermal fusion bonding onto a surface of a resinous substrate on which a channel groove is formed, wherein the channel groove is formed in the resinous substrate,

wherein when the channel is disaggregated into a first channel representing an element parallel to a first side of a virtual rectangle surrounding the resinous substrate defined to be in contact with a periphery of the resinous substrate and a second channel representing an element parallel to a second channel perpendicular to the first side, a total length of the first channel is longer than a total length of the second channel, wherein the resinous substrate and the resinous film are bonded in a way that the first side and a TD direction of the resinous film are parallel and the second side and a MD direction of the resinous film are parallel.

6. The manufacturing method of the microchip of claim 4 , wherein the total length of the first channel is more than two times of the total length of the second channel.

7. The manufacturing method of the microchip of claim 4 , wherein a sagging amount of the resinous film in a cross-section in a width direction of the first channel is smaller that a sagging amount of the resinous film in a cross-section in a width direction of the second channel.

8. The manufacturing method of the microchip of claim 4 , wherein a sagging angle of the resinous film in a cross-section in a width direction of the first channel is smaller that a sagging angle of the resinous film in a cross-section in a width direction of the second channel.

9. The manufacturing method of the microchip of claim 4 , wherein the bonded resinous substrate and the resinous film is subject to annealing at a predetermined temperature.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2024
From: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067363/0651 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2022
From: FUJIFILM WAKO PURE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061891/0969 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2018
From: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: FUJIFILM WAKO PURE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046793/0465 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2015
From: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA INC.; WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 036516/0519 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: KONICA MINOLTA ADVANCED LAYERS, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA INC.
Reel/Frame 035995/0093 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 26, 2015
From: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA ADVANCED LAYERS, INC.
Reel/Frame 035992/0201 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2011
From: HIRAYAMA, HIROSHI; TAKIMURA, TOSHINORI
To: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.
Reel/Frame 026512/0276 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-213572 · Aug 22, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110142716A1 · Jun 16, 2011