ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,353, issued on March 25, was assigned to Western Digital Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Amplifiers for biological sensing applications" was invented by Daniel Bedau (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods can improve the signal-to-noise ratio of measurements made in biological applications. In some embodiments, an amplifier circuit that comprises a three-terminal device is situated in a configuration (e.g., a common-base or similar configuration) that allows the circuit to detect current through a nanopore while providing feedback to the sense electrode to reduce pa...