Array antenna
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12294153
An array antenna includes a flexible substrate formed by stacked liquid crystal polymer (LCP) layers and has at least one feed point. At least one serial antenna is arranged on the flexible substrate, and a microstrip is extended from the feed point to connect a plurality of radiating elements in series to form the serial antenna. The tail end one of the radiating elements of the serial antenna is connected to one end of a ground microstrip, and another end of the ground microstrip is…
Coupled resonator photon-pair sources
Granted: May 6, 2025
Patent Number:
12292669
Techniques disclosed herein relate to photon sources with high spectral purity and high brightness. In one embodiment, a photon-pair source includes a pump waveguide, a first resonator coupled to the pump waveguide to couple pump photons from the pump waveguide into the first resonator, a second resonator coupled to the first resonator, and an output waveguide coupled to the second resonator. The second resonator is configured to convert the pump photons into photon pairs. The second…
Fabrication method for photonic devices
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12287514
Electro-optical devices and methods for constructing electro-optical devices such as a switch or phase shifter. An electrode layer is deposited on a substrate layer, a waveguide structure is deposited on the electrode layer, a first cladding layer is deposited on the waveguide structure, and the first cladding layer is planarized and bonded to a wafer. The substrate layer is removed and the electrode layer is etched to split the electrode layer into a first electrode separated from a…
Quantum entanglement enhanced radar
Granted: April 29, 2025
Patent Number:
12287425
A radar time synchronization system according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure include a transmitter radar, a receiver radar, and a quantum interferometer device communicatively coupled to the transmitter radar and the receiver radar. The quantum interferometer device includes a quantum entanglement source operable to transmit a first entangled photon to the transmitter radar and a second entangled photon to the receiver radar. The quantum interferometer device further…
Phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer and control method therefor
Granted: April 22, 2025
Patent Number:
12283964
Provided are a phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer and control method therefor. The phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer includes: a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to generate a microwave signal; a directional coupler configured to: divide the microwave signal into a primary signal and a coupling signal, and transmit the primary signal into a transmitter of the paramagnetic resonance spectrometer to enter a resonator; an automatic frequency controller connected to the…
Multipulse-induced spectroscopy method and device based on femtosecond plasma grating
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12276613
A multipulse-induced spectroscopy method based on a femtosecond plasma grating includes: pre-exciting a sample on a stage by providing a femtosecond pulse to form the femtosecond plasma grating; providing a post-pulse on the sample at an angle to excite the sample to generate a plasma, wherein the post-pulse comprises one or more femtosecond pulses, there is a time interval between the femtosecond pulse and the post-pulse, and the time interval is less than a lifetime of the femtosecond…
Pontoon boat
Granted: April 15, 2025
Patent Number:
12275500
A pontoon boat having central pontoon located between outer pontoons. The outer pontoons are fixed with respect to the deck and the central pontoon is movably fixed with respect to the deck. The central pontoon is movable with respect to the outer pontoons and the deck between a first position that locates the central pontoon near the deck and a second position that locates the central pontoon relatively far from the deck. The central pontoon is selectively fixable between the first and…
Vacuum-assisted drying of filters in microfluidic systems
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12269034
Improved methods and devices using reduction of pressure for removing ethanol from filters in a fluidic or microfluidic system in point of care devices involve filters that are solid state extraction filters used to capture and/or concentrate nucleic acids prior to further downstream processing such as amplification by polymerase chain reaction. The method uses the induction of negative pressure with respect to atmospheric pressure to improve the efficiency of the ethanol removal…
Quantum computer using switchable network fusions
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12271714
A fault-tolerant quantum computer using topological codes such as surface codes can have an architecture that reduces the amount of idle volume generated. The architecture can include qubit modules that generate surface code patches for different qubits and a network of interconnections between different qubit modules. The interconnections can include “port” connections that selectably enable coupling of boundaries of surface code patches generated in different qubit modules and/or…
Antenna test system
Granted: April 8, 2025
Patent Number:
12270847
An antenna test system includes a box body, a supporting device, at least one probe device, a signal measuring device, and a moving device. The box body has at least an operation side configured to be opened to allow access to devices inside the box body. The supporting device is disposed in the box body and the antenna circuit to be tested is arranged thereon. The probe device is disposed in the box body and configured to apply an antenna testing signal to the antenna circuit to emit an…
Superconducting field-programmable gate array
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12267070
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, a programmable circuit includes a configurable superconducting component and control circuitry coupled to the configurable superconducting component. The superconducting component includes an input terminal, an output terminal, and a plurality of gate terminals. The control circuitry is coupled to the superconducting component via the plurality of gate…
Device and method for using diamond nanocrystals having NV color centers in CMOS circuits
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12266735
A quantum-technological, micro-electro-optical or micro-electronic or photonic system includes a planar substrate of a direct or indirect semiconductor material. The system includes a microelectronic circuit including at least one transistor or diode. The system further includes a micro-optical subdevice and one or more nanoparticles, having one or more color centers. The surface of the of the planar substrate has a portion of a solidified colloidal film which is firmly bonded to the…
Superlattice materials and applications
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12266690
A superlattice cell that includes Group IV elements is repeated multiple times so as to form the superlattice. Each superlattice cell has multiple ordered atomic planes that are parallel to one another. At least two of the atomic planes in the superlattice cell have different chemical compositions. One or more of the atomic planes in the superlattice cell one or more components selected from the group consisting of carbon, tin, and lead. These superlattices make a variety of applications…
Superconductive memory cells and devices
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12266401
An example memory cell includes a superconducting loop configured to receive a write current and form a persistent current that stores a data bit in the superconducting loop. The example memory cell further includes a superconducting wire coupled to the superconducting loop and configured to selectively read-out the data bit in the superconducting loop in response to a control signal. An example method of reading data from the memory cell includes receiving, at the superconducting loop,…
Apparatus and methods for quantum computing with pre-training
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12265887
A method includes training a first QNN by sending a first dataset into the first QNN to generate a first output and configuring the first QNN into a first setting based on the training. The method also includes receiving a second dataset, using at least a portion of the first QNN to generate a second output using the first setting, and sending the second output to a second QNN, operatively coupled to the first QNN, to train the second QNN. The second QNN is configured in a fixed setting…
Superconducting nanowire single photon detector and method of fabrication thereof
Granted: April 1, 2025
Patent Number:
12264961
A superconductor device includes a barrier layer over a substrate including silicon, the barrier layer including silicon and nitrogen, and a seed layer for a superconductor layer over the barrier layer, the seed layer including aluminum and nitrogen, and superconductor layer over the seed layer, the superconductor layer including a layer of a superconductor material, the barrier layer serving as an oxidation barrier between the layer superconductor material and the substrate. In some…
Photonic structures and integrated device for detecting and analyzing molecules
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259323
System and methods for analyzing single molecules and performing nucleic acid sequencing. An integrated device may include multiple pixels with sample wells configured to receive a sample, which when excited, emits radiation. The integrated device includes a surface having a trench region recessed from a portion of the surface and an array of sample wells, disposed in the trench region. The integrated device also includes a waveguide configured to couple excitation energy to at least one…
Tunable laser assembly and method of control
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12261413
A tunable laser assembly housed in a single enclosure and a method of control is described wherein the tunable laser, pump and semiconductor optical amplifier do not share a common optical axis but are all aligned to optical waveguides on an intervening planar lightwave circuit (PLC). Wavelength monitoring circuitry is included on the PLC to enable monitoring and control of the tunable laser center wavelength and optical bandwidth. The design of the PLC does not introduce perturbations…
Methods and compositions for protein sequencing
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259391
Aspects of the application provide methods of identifying and sequencing proteins, polypeptides, and amino acids, and compositions useful for the same. In some aspects, the application provides methods of obtaining data during a degradation process of a polypeptide, and outputting a sequence representative of the polypeptide. In some aspects, the application provides amino acid recognition molecules having a shielding element that enhances photostability in polypeptide sequencing…
Photonic structures and integrated device for detecting and analyzing molecules
Granted: March 25, 2025
Patent Number:
12259324
System and methods for analyzing single molecules and performing nucleic acid sequencing. An integrated device may include multiple pixels with sample wells configured to receive a sample, which when excited, emits radiation. The integrated device includes a surface having a trench region recessed from a portion of the surface and an array of sample wells, disposed in the trench region. The integrated device also includes a waveguide configured to couple excitation energy to at least one…
