CGM Sensor Development

Dr. Hui Fang (Dartmouth)

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Manufacturing & Assembly Flow

Stream A — Si foundry
+ FO-WLP
Commercial Si foundry
Chiplet set tapeout
AFE · PMU · RF · MCU
SkyWater — FO-WLP
Fan-out wafer-level
packaging
ACF-ready pads
Stream B1 — μ-fluidic
pouches
Dartmouth WeFab
μ-fluidic pouch
fabrication
Gamma irradiation
sterilization
Stream B2 — PI
filament/chassis
Dartmouth WeFab
PI filament / chassis fab
Thin-film GFET · RE · CE · μ-fluidic ch · extended pads
Pad zones plasma-cleaned
Ready for ACF assembly
Stream C — passives
 
Commercial vendors
Battery · resistors · capacitors
Antenna
Known-good sub-assemblies converge at Dartmouth WeFab cleanroom
ACF Bond 1 — Chiplet module (M2) onto PI chassis
ACF Bond 2 — μ-pouch module (M3) onto PI chassis
Attach battery, passives, antenna
Full assembly electrical check (pre-encapsulation)
Parylene-C CVD — full hermetic encapsulation
ICP-RIE — selective Parylene opening
Plasma etch opens GFET sensor windows + RE/CE electrode sites
Sequential aptamer functionalization + sensor QC
Insertion needle preload
EtO sterilization
Complete sterile Delphi sensor · Cold-chain 2–8°C ·
Ready for clinical trials under IRB NSR studies
Commercial scale-up (tech transfer) and productization
Thin-film PI fab · inline dual ACF bonding · automated Parylene CVD +
ICP-RIE · high-throughput aptamer functionalization
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