Methods and devices for impedance multiplication
Granted: October 1, 2024
Patent Number:
12107375
An electric circuit includes a first superconducting component, a second superconducting component, a first electrically-insulating component that thermally couples the first superconducting component and the second superconducting component such that heat produced in response to the first superconducting component transitioning to a non-superconducting state is transferred through the first electrically-insulating component to the second superconducting component, and a photon detector…
Particle accelerator and particle beam therapy apparatus
Granted: September 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12101869
Disclosed a particle accelerator that accelerates a charged particle beam while circulating the charged particle beam as a circulating beam and outputs some of the circulating beam as an output beam, the particle accelerator including: a first deflection section and a second deflection sections each having a deflection electromagnet; a first straight section, a second straight section, and third straight section each not having the deflection electromagnet; and a control unit, wherein a…
Data communication method, apparatus, and system
Granted: September 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12101397
A data communication method includes: processing to-be-transmitted target secret information by using a preset secret sharing algorithm to obtain a plurality of secret fragments; and distributing the plurality of secret fragments to each relay node in a first relay node layer among preset M relay node layers to transmit the plurality of secret fragments to a receiving device by means of each relay node in the M relay node layers, so that the receiving device can obtain the target secret…
Binary iterative clock synchronization system based on polarization entanglement GHZ state and method thereof
Granted: September 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12101127
The disclosure provides a binary iterative clock synchronization system based on polarization entanglement GHZ state comprising a first synchronization party, a second synchronization party and an emitting party; the first synchronization party is connected with the second synchronization party through a classical channel, the emitting party is connected with the first synchronization party through a quantum channel, and the emitting party is connected with the second synchronization…
Hybrid system including photonic and electronic integrated circuits and cooling plate
Granted: September 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12100701
Techniques disclosed herein relate generally to integrating photonic integrated circuits and electronic integrated circuits in a same package. A device includes a semiconductor substrate and a die stack on the semiconductor substrate. The die stack includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) die and an electronic integrated circuit (EIC) die. The PIC die includes a PIC substrate and a photonic integrated circuit formed on the PIC substrate. The EIC die includes an EIC substrate and an…
Systems and methods for performing entangling measurements on multiple qubits
Granted: September 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12099900
A method includes receiving a plurality of quantum systems, wherein each quantum system of the plurality of quantum system includes a plurality of quantum sub-systems in an entangled state, and wherein respective quantum systems of the plurality of quantum systems are independent quantum systems that are not entangled with one another. The method further includes performing a plurality of joint measurements on different quantum sub-systems from respective ones of the plurality of quantum…
System and method for storing and retrieving objects across multiple media
Granted: September 24, 2024
Patent Number:
12099754
A method for utilizing an object storage system (470) for storing and retrieving a volume of data, the volume of data including a plurality of data objects, the method includes the steps of accumulating the volume of data to an ingest area (474) provided within a non-taped-based storage medium; copying a first subset of the plurality of data objects to a first tape medium (472A); and copying a second subset of the plurality of data objects to a second tape medium (472B) that is…
Changing samples in a magnetic resonance system
Granted: September 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12092711
In a general aspect, a sample holder has multiple sample containers. In some instances, the sample holder can be received into a resonator package in a primary magnetic field of a magnetic resonance system. The resonator package includes a resonator configured to interact with a sample in a sample region. The sample holder includes a first sample and a calibration sample. The position of the sample holder relative to the resonator is calibrated. After calibrating the position of the…
Superconducting logic circuits
Granted: September 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12095462
An electric circuit includes one or more photon detector components and a superconducting logic gate component coupled to respective outputs of the one or more photon detector components. The electric circuit further includes a bias source electrically coupled to the superconducting logic gate component, the bias source configured to provide a bias current adapted to cause the superconducting logic gate component to function as a logical gate. The electric circuit also includes an…
Garnet materials for Li secondary batteries and methods of making and using garnet materials
Granted: September 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12095031
Set forth herein are garnet material compositions, e.g., lithium-stuffed garnets and lithium-stuffed garnets doped with alumina, which are suitable for use as electrolytes and catholytes in solid state battery applications. Also set forth herein are lithium-stuffed garnet thin films having fine grains therein. Disclosed herein are novel and inventive methods of making and using lithium-stuffed garnets as catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes for all solid state lithium rechargeable…
NV center-based microwave-free galvanically isolated magnetometer
Granted: September 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12092709
A scalar magnetometer includes a sensor element, a circuit carrier, a pump radiation source, a radiation receiver and evaluation means. The pump radiation source emits pump radiation. The sensor element preferably includes one or more NV centers in diamond as paramagnetic centers. This paramagnetic center emits fluorescence radiation when irradiated with pump radiation. The radiation receiver converts a intensity signal of the fluorescence radiation into a receiver output signal. The…
Integrated sensor with reduced skew
Granted: September 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12092579
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for reducing skew in an integrated device, such as a CMOS imaging device. In some aspects, multiple pixels of an integrated circuit may be configured to receive a same control signal and conduct charge carriers responsive to the control signal substantially at the same time. In some aspects, an integrated circuit may have modulated charge transfer channel voltage thresholds, such as by having different charge transfer channel…
Rapid ceramic processing techniques and equipment
Granted: September 17, 2024
Patent Number:
12090684
Provided herein are rapid, high quality film sintering processes that include high-throughput continuous sintering of lithium-lanthanum zirconium oxide (lithium-stuffed garnet). The instant disclosure sets forth equipment and processes for making high quality, rapidly-processed ceramic electrolyte films. These processes include high-throughput continuous sintering of lithium-lanthanum zirconium oxide for use as electrolyte films. In certain processes, the film is not in contact with any…
Processes and materials for casting and sintering green garnet thin films
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12084387
Set forth herein are processes and materials for making ceramic thin films by casting ceramic source powders and precursor reactants, binders, and functional additives into unsintered thin films and subsequently sintering the thin films under controlled atmospheres and on specific substrates.
Quantum controller with modular and dynamic pulse generation and routing
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12088302
A controller comprises a pulse generation circuit, output management circuitry, and a plurality of outputs configured to connect the controller to a plurality of controlled elements. The pulse generation circuit is configured to generate quantum control pulses. For each control pulse of a plurality of control pulses generated by the pulse generation circuit, the output management circuitry is configured to determine to which of the plurality of outputs to route the control pulse such…
Devices and method for monitoring a quantum computer in operation
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12086692
A quantum computer system includes a quantum computer and a quantum computer monitoring device. The quantum computer runs a quantum computer program with a quantum computer program flow. The quantum computer monitoring device monitors the correct quantum computer program flow of the quantum computer program of the quantum computer. The quantum computer monitoring device is arranged to detect hardware and/or software errors that occur during operation. A method includes monitoring the…
Quantum computer architecture system
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12086690
A quantum computer architecture system, including: a quantum processor, including a plurality of qubits; a first integration apparatus configured to implement an execution signal and aggregation of execution results of a first quantity of qubits on the quantum processor; and a central control apparatus configured to acquire bit information of to-be-executed qubits on the quantum processor and to-be-executed information of each of the to-be-executed qubits, assign the to-be-executed…
Method and device for quantum division operation with precision
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12086569
A method and device for quantum division operation with precision. The method includes: obtaining dividend data and divisor data to be operated, transforming the dividend data into a first target quantum state, and transforming the divisor data into a second target quantum state; for the first target quantum state and the second target quantum state, iteratively executing quantum state evolution corresponding to a subtraction operation, counting the number of executions of the…
Integrated circuit with sequentially-coupled charge storage and associated techniques
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12085442
Described herein are techniques that improve the collection and readout of charge carriers in an integrated circuit. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits having pixels with a plurality of charge storage regions. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits configured to substantially simultaneously collect and read out charge carriers, at least in part. Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to integrated circuits having a…
Portable magnetic lighting fixture
Granted: September 10, 2024
Patent Number:
12085264
The present disclosure discloses a portable magnetic lighting fixture having a housing, a light source component configured for emitting light, accommodated within the housing, a supporting base configured for supporting the housing, and a magnetic adjustment component having a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member for magnetically coupling with the first magnetic member on the housing for controlling the angular adjustment of the housing. The coordination of the first and…
