Abstract
For a long long time ago, scientists want to know how the brain works. One of the ways is using the easier brain - Drosophila brain and new biological technology to study. Recently, most of Drosophila behavior studying equipments has low throughput and needs lots of manpower to support large amount of research. Those machines were set for a single behavior experiment. Therefore, it’s not applicable to get enormous data and the machine can’t be used on other behavior experiments. This study intends to find a way to address those problems. Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) technology is a batch process and can integrate different components in one chip. With this technology we can integrate punishers, which have a purpose for teaching Drosophila, and position sensors and for monitoring the behavior of Drosophila, into a multi-function behavior chip. The punish area can be altered by connecting it with switch system. In the end, we successfully finished the multi-function Drosophila behavior chip by MEMS batch process. The punisher can deliver electric shocks (punish) to stimulate Drosophila, and position sensor can sense the position of Drosophila successfully. We also can define the punisher pattern on the chip by connecting with switch system. In the future, the behavior chip can be integrated with control system, capacitance sensing IC and other components to be a multi-function behavior chip system.