Electrolyte separators including lithium borohydride and composite electrolyte separators of lithium-stuffed garnet and lithium borohydride
Granted: May 18, 2021
Patent Number:
11011796
Set forth herein are compositions comprising A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2), wherein X is fluorine, bromine, chloride, iodine, or a combination thereof, and wherein 0.1?A?3, 0.1?B?4, and 0?C?9 that are suitable for use as solid electrolyte separators in lithium electrochemical devices. Also set forth herein are methods of making A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2) compositions. Also disclosed herein are electrochemical devices which incorporate A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2) compositions and other…
Cascaded resonators photon pair source
Granted: May 18, 2021
Patent Number:
11009771
A photon source includes a bus waveguide, a photon source pump laser coupled to the bus waveguide and a plurality of optical resonators coupled to the bus waveguide. Each optical resonator of the plurality of optical resonators has a respective resonance line width and a respective resonance frequency, wherein a bandwidth of the resonant center frequencies of the plurality of optical resonators is greater than a bandwidth of the photon source pump laser. The bus waveguide produces…
Superconducting nanowire single photon detector and method of fabrication thereof
Granted: May 18, 2021
Patent Number:
11009387
A superconductor device according to some embodiments comprises a superconductor stack, which includes a superconductor layer and a silicon cap layer over the superconductor layer, the cap layer including amorphous silicon. The superconductor device further comprises a metal contact over a portion of the silicon cap layer and electrically-coupled to the superconductor layer. The metal contact comprises a core including a first metal, and an outer layer around the core that includes a…
Enhanced distribution image system
Granted: May 11, 2021
Patent Number:
11006184
A system is described for distributing images from a plurality of image capture devices using shared per-pixel parameter definitions for the images over a network of coordinated GPUs, processors, remote IoT devices and services, where minimal information transfer over the network is achieved by using pre-defined quantum states and minimizing serial stages and the coordination over the network is optimized using a machine learning engine.
Systems and methods for nonlinear optical light generation using linearly uncoupled resonators in integrated photonic devices
Granted: May 11, 2021
Patent Number:
11003046
A photonic device comprises a plurality of resonators and a plurality of optical channels. Each resonator from the plurality of resonators has a set of resonance frequencies independently selected from a set of resonance frequencies of each remaining resonator from the plurality of resonators. Each resonator from the plurality of resonators lacks substantially any linear coupling between each remaining resonator from the plurality of resonators. The plurality of resonators defines a…
Nuclear magnetic resonance diffraction
Granted: May 11, 2021
Patent Number:
11002812
In a general aspect, a magnetic resonance system includes a primary magnet system configured to generate a principal magnetic field in a sample region. The magnetic resonance system also includes a field source device. The field source device includes a substrate and first and second conductor layers on the substrate. The first conductor layer includes a constriction configured to generate a radio frequency magnetic field in the sample region. The second conductor layer is vertically…
Methods for nucleic acid sequencing
Granted: May 11, 2021
Patent Number:
11001875
Methods of sequencing molecules based on luminescence lifetimes and/or intensities are provided. In some aspects, methods of sequencing nucleic acids involve determining the luminescence lifetimes, and optionally luminescence intensities, of a series of luminescently labeled nucleotides incorporated during a nucleic acid sequencing reaction.
Tamper-resistant smart factory
Granted: April 27, 2021
Patent Number:
10990356
An access restriction system having a true random number generator (TRNG) to generate true random keys based on quantum-level physical properties and hub computer to provide those keys. An access-restricted component executes one or more tasks in response to receiving a verified task instruction. A component computer associated with the access-restricted component receives true random keys from the hub computer and stores the keys to a memory. A controller provides a task request to the…
Metal nanowires
Granted: April 27, 2021
Patent Number:
10988381
The invention includes apparatus and methods for instantiating and quantum printing materials, such as elemental metals, in a nanoporous carbon powder.
Superconductive memory cells and devices
Granted: April 20, 2021
Patent Number:
10984857
An electronic device (e.g., a superconducting memory cell) includes a substrate and a layer of superconducting material disposed over the substrate. The layer of superconducting material is patterned to form a plurality of distinct instances of the layer of superconducting material including: a first wire; and a loop that is (i) distinct and separate from the first wire and (ii) capacitively coupled to the first wire while the loop and the first wire are in a superconducting state. The…
Decision organizer
Granted: April 13, 2021
Patent Number:
10977709
Systems and methods of displaying product information relating to multiple purchase options are provided. A method includes displaying, in a first portion of a user interface, a web browser and displaying, in a second portion of the user interface, a decision organizing tool comprising a candidate icon portion comprising a plurality of candidate icons and an active icon portion. The method also includes receiving instructions to transfer of one of the plurality of candidate icons from…
Enrichment of nucleic acid targets
Granted: April 13, 2021
Patent Number:
10975421
Methods and apparatus providing for the isolation of an unknown mutation from a sample comprising wild type nucleic acids and mutated nucleic acids through the application of time-varying driving fields and periodically varying mobility-altering fields to the sample within in an affinity matrix.
Light source for quantum communication system, and encoding device
Granted: April 6, 2021
Patent Number:
10972187
Provided are a light source for use in the field of quantum communication, and an encoding device using the light source. When the light source is applied to Z basis encoding, a high and stable extinction ratio can be provided, and two consecutive optical pulses having a stable phase relation can be provided for encoding under an X basis.
Superconducting logic components
Granted: April 6, 2021
Patent Number:
10972104
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, a superconducting component includes: (1) a superconductor having a plurality of alternating narrow and wide portions, each wide portion having a corresponding terminal; and (2) a plurality of heat sources, each heat source thermally coupled to a corresponding narrow portion such that heat from the heat source is transmitted to the corresponding narrow…
System and method for making patient records follow a physician
Granted: March 30, 2021
Patent Number:
10964413
A system for providing access to patient records. The system can include computing devices and emitting devices carried by physicians for identifying each physician and scanning devices configured to detect and communicatively link to the emitting devices based on the proximity of the physician to an examination room, and a manager module communicatively linked to the scanning devices and configured to manage signal data from the scanning devices. The system can also include servers…
Combination of (3S,3S?) 4,4?-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) and a second antihypertensive agent
Granted: March 30, 2021
Patent Number:
10959938
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising, in at least one pharmaceutically acceptable support or vehicle, a combination of (3S,3S?)4,4?-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof and a second active ingredient selected from the group consisting of angiotensin I converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor type I antagonists. Said composition is particularly useful for the treatment…
Systems and methods for unifying statistical models for different data modalities
Granted: March 23, 2021
Patent Number:
10956787
Techniques for performing a prediction task using a multi-modal statistical model configured to receive input data from multiple modalities including input data from a first modality and input data from a second modality different from the first modality. The techniques include: obtaining information specifying the multi-modal statistical model including values of parameters of each of multiple components of the multi-modal statistical model, the multiple components including first and…
Measuring wavelength of light
Granted: March 16, 2021
Patent Number:
10948356
In a general aspect, a wavelength of light is measured. In some aspects, a wavelength measurement system includes an interferometer, a camera system, a sensor and a control system. The interferometer includes two reflective surfaces and a transmission medium between the two reflective surfaces. The interferometer is configured to receive an optical signal from a laser and produce an interferogram in response. The camera system is configured to receive the interferogram from the…
Photodetector with superconductor nanowire transistor based on interlayer heat transfer
Granted: March 9, 2021
Patent Number:
10944038
A photon source includes a photo-pair generator and a detection device. The photo-pair generator is configured to generate a photon-pair in receiving an input signal. A first photon of the photon-pair is output from the photon source via a first optical path. The detection device is configured to receive a second photon of the photon-pair. The detection device includes a transistor that has a semiconducting component that is a source and a drain of the transistor, and a superconducting…
Superconducting field-programmable gate array
Granted: March 9, 2021
Patent Number:
10944403
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, a programmable circuit includes: (1) a superconducting component arranged in a multi-dimensional array of alternating narrow and wide portions, the superconducting component having an input terminal at a first end and an output terminal at a second end opposite of the first end; and (2) control circuitry coupled to the narrow portions of the…
