Epigenetic-IC: A fully integrated sensing platform for epigenetic reaction monitoring

摘要

This paper presents a pH-based System-on-Chip DNA methylation quantification platform for real time monitoring of DNA methylation ratio in target genes. The architecture forms a novel autonomous system, capable of providing diagnostic information on the progression of a disease, notably cancer. The system is equipped with drift and trapped charge compensation schemes based on differential measurements and an auto-calibration algorithm. The simulated system in 0.35μm CMOS technology achieves a power consumption of 0.997mW, with a DNA methylation ratio output sensitivity of 0.1%. The ISFET-based detection platform occupies a total of 901μm2 and allows the calculation of DNA methylation ratio in pH-monitored DNA methylation based reactions.