Abstract: Alternative approaches to fabricating printed circuit boards for use in droplet actuator operations are provided. In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a droplet actuator for conducting droplet operations includes positioning a dielectric material between a first metal layer configured to include an electrode and a second metal layer configured to include an interconnect pad. The method additionally includes forming a connection between the first and second metal layers. Droplet actuators and methods of fabricating and supporting printed circuit boards of droplet actuators are also provided.

Abstract: The method and system allows for predicting the capacity of a data network to have voice over IP communications implemented thereon. Information corresponding to network data transmission traffic is collected. Information corresponding to telephone call traffic on the PSTN for an organization is also collected. A determination is made about what load the telephone call traffic would impose on the network if implemented as voice over IP traffic. This is compared to the network capacity and it is determined from this comparison whether the network is capable of having conventional legacy telephone traffic implemented thereon as voice over IP.