Patent attributes
Real time electronic sequencing methods, devices, and systems are described. Arrays of nanoscale electronic elements comprising capacitive devices with one or two electrodes, or arrays of nanoFET devices are used to provide sequence information about a template nucleic acid in a polymerase-template complex bound proximate to the nanoscale electronic elements or to the substrate proximate to the nanoscale electronic element. A sequencing reaction mixture comprising nucleotide analogs having impedance labels, capacitive labels, or conductivity labels is introduced to the array of nanoscale electronic elements comprising capacitive devices or nanoFETs under conditions of polymerase mediated nucleic acid synthesis. The time sequence of incorporation of nucleotide analogs is determined by identifying the types of labels of the nucleotide analogs that are incorporated into the growing strand using measured impedance, conductivity, or capacitance.