SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, INSTANTANEOUS WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE, MULTI-COLOUR LUMINESCENCE DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES IN A MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM

摘要

The invention provides a high resolution, wide dynamic range, multi-colour detection platform for microfluidic analysers/instruments and methods. The detection platform uses multiple high gain semiconductor optical sensors for the detection of luminescence from cellular or biological samples. The digitized outputs from these sensors are combined and weighted in a signal processing unit, using pre-determined algorithms for each colour, which optimise the resolution in each of these high gain semiconductor optical sensors while extending the dynamic range of the detection platform.