IWA 23:2016
(Main)Interoperability of microfluidic devices — Guidelines for pitch spacing dimensions and initial device classification
Interoperability of microfluidic devices — Guidelines for pitch spacing dimensions and initial device classification
IWA 23:2016 is a consensus document developed by the workshop participants and observers in response to the need for standardization and harmonization of pitch spacing dimension, initial device classification and terminology of relevance. IWA 23:2016 will serve as a guideline and is applicable to various interested parties and stakeholders in the microfluidics community. IWA 23:2016: - specifies geometrical standards in relation to pitch connector dimensions of microfluidic devices, - specifies an initial device classification rules, and - defines terms of relevance.
Interopérabilité des dispositifs microfluidiques — Lignes directrices relatives aux valeurs du pas et à la classification initiale des dispositifs
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INTERNATIONAL IWA
WORKSHOP 23
AGREEMENT
First edition
2016-09-01
Interoperability of microfluidic
devices — Guidelines for pitch
spacing dimensions and initial device
classification
Interopérabilité des dispositifs microfluidiques — Lignes directrices
pour les dimensions d’un pas d’espacement et le classement initial de
l’appareil
Reference number
IWA 23:2016(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Terms and definitions . 1
3 Geometrical pitch specifications . 3
3.1 General . 3
3.2 Geometrical specifications on pitch dimensions . 4
4 Device classification . 5
4.1 General . 5
4.2 Initial device classification. 5
5 Potential future work . 6
Annex A (informative) Workshop resolutions . 7
Annex B (informative) Workshop contributors . 9
Bibliography .11
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Foreword
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International Workshop Agreement IWA 23 was approved at a workshop organized by pan European
(ENIAC Joint Undertaking) project MFmanufacturing, in association with Deutsches Institut für
Normung (DIN). The workshop was held in British Standards Institution (BSI), London, United
Kingdom, on 19 April, 2016. The workshop resolutions and contributors are listed in Annexes A and B,
respectively.
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Introduction
Microfluidics technology plays an important role for next generation devices. In the last few decades,
initial R& D investment in academia has led to the generation of a number of spin out companies.
Most of the companies that have flourished are microfluidic foundries or suppliers of microfluidic
components. However, the track record associated with the success of actual application devices
has been disappointing, with only a small handful of products (such as the ink jet printer) reaching
commercial success.
The concern surrounding the lack of commercialization with regards to microfluidic devices has been
discussed amongst various interested parties and stakeholders within the Microfluidics Consortium
(MC). MC is an ad hoc group that offers a forum for discussion amongst interested parties and
stakeholders in the microfluidics community. Such discussions led to the identification of several factors
that can potentially hinder commercial success of microfluidics devices. This includes the high R&D and
manufacturing costs of devices currently sold into a relatively small market [13]. It has been recognized
that in order to reduce costs, there is a need to bring manufacturing of microfluidic devices to the same
level of maturity and industrialization as electronic devices. This meant the need to mimic some of
the standardization initiatives and outputs from the electronic industry in order to not only reduce
costs but at the same time increase interoperability, thus promoting plug-and-play. The standardization
initiative that had begun in the MC led to the development of several internal documents, such as a
guideline on how to design microfluidic devices [14]. The standardization initiative and knowledge base
gained through the MC eventually led to the formation of a pan-European project MFmanufacturing
consisting of 20 project partners.
In identifying what standards should be proposed, consideration must be given to current market
needs and trends. This led MFmanufacturing to develop, implement and analyse a survey (of 134
respondents), in order to identify those items that are in need of standardization to ultimately enhance
the commercialization of microfluidic devices. Attention was given to those items that have been
identified as being of highest priority, which are
a) terminology of relevance,
b) geometrical specifications on pitch dimensions,
c) device classification.
These items are further discussed in the relevant paragraphs below.
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International Workshop Agreement IWA 23:2016(E)
Interoperability of microfluidic devices — Guidelines for
pitch spacing dimensions and initial device classification
1 Scope
This International Workshop Agreement is a consensus document developed by the workshop
participants and observers in response to the need for standardization and harmonization of pitch
spacing dimension, initial device classification and terminology of relevance.
This International Workshop Agreement will serve as a guideline and is applicable to various interested
parties and stakeholders in the microfluidics community.
This International Workshop Agreement
— specifies geometrical standards in relation to pitch connector dimensions of microfluidic devices,
— specifies an initial device classification rules, and
— defines terms of relevance.
2 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
2.1
classification
method of sorting into categories
[SOURCE: ISO 22935-1:2009, 3.7]
2.2
connector
component that allows one part of the set to be connected to another
[SOURCE: ISO 3826-4:2015, 3.4]
2.3
device
component or assembly of components to perform a required function
[SOURCE: ISO 10209:2012, 2.30, modified]
2.4
end-users
person or persons who will ultimately be using the system for its intended purpose
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC 19770-5:2015, 3.13]
2.5
integration
process of physically and functionally combining lower-level functional elements (hardware or
software) to obtain a particular functional configuration considered to be of a much higher-level entity
[SOURCE: ISO 10795:2011, 1.117, modified]
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2.6
interconnect
device used to connect two things together
2.7
interested party and stakeholders
person or organization that can affect, be affected by or perceive themselves to be affected by a decision
or activity
[SOURCE: ISO 28007-1:2015, 3.6]
2.8
interoperability
characteristic of providing an intended function in coordination with other components, the
characteristic of sharing information with other system functions or components to provide additional
functionality
[SOURCE: ISO 22902-1:2006, 3.1.42]
2.9
microfluidics
handling of fluids in technical apparatus having internal dimensions in the range of micrometres up to
a few millimetres
[SOURCE: ISO 10991:2009, 2.5, modified]
2.10
miniaturization
making things on a smaller or miniature scale
2.11
pitch
mean distance between corresponding features in a regular array of features on a surface
[SOURCE: ISO 18115-2:2013, 5.106]
2.12
plug and play
denoting or relating to software or devices that are intended to work perfectly when first used
or connected, without reconfiguration or adjustment by the user and thereby enable automatic
configuration
[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451-4:2010, 3.1.31, modified]
2.13
reliability
capability of a device to function without a failure in all specified conditions
[SOURCE: ISO 16972:2010, 3.158]
2.14
verification
confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that specified requirements have been
fulfilled
[SOURCE: ISO 14025:2006, 3.9]
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3 Geometrical pitch specifications
3.1 General
One of the main outputs of the survey is to address the need for geometrical specifications associated
with connectors that will ultimately support an increasing trend towards highly integrated complex
devices (that may require connections to electrical or optical elements) and miniaturization [15].
Interestingly, this output from the MFmanufacturing survey coincided with the result of an earlier
finding from a survey conducted by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). The
SEMI survey (of 85 respondents) also concluded the need for industry to cater for complex and highly
integrated devices. It is important to highlight that although the two surveys have reached the same
conclusion, the SEMI survey focused on Micro- Electro- Mechanical Systems (MEMS)/sensors rather
than microfluidics [16].
In order to support the drive towards highly integrated complex microfluidic based devices, geometrical
specifications associated with pitch positions must be considered. Much of the early discussions within
MFmanufacturing started in evaluating what has been done with regards to this. Figure 1 summarizes
potential possibilities in relation to port pitch spacing dimensions.
Dimensions in millimetres
Figure 1 — Port pitch dimension possibilities
Figure 1 clearly shows for the purpose of integration and miniaturization, the trend towards smaller
pitches must be realized. In further defining the geometrical specifications for pitch, several factors
must be taken into consideration to include the need to:
a) adapt to what the majority of microfluidic manufacturers and users are currently using, such as
existing standards already found in laboratory equipment [17];
b) have a reliable leakage-free fluidic connections using the currently available multiport connection
technologies.
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3.2 Geometrical specifications on pitch dimensions
The purpose of this Clause is to specify the geometrical connector pitch dimensions for microfluidic
devices.
Designs of microfluidic devices shall be based on a metric multiple pitch concept of n × 1,5 mm, where
n ≥ 1. An example layout for the n × 1,5 mm grid is shown in Figure 2.
Dimensions in millimetres
Key
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