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Class 505/170 - Information processing (e.g., logic circuits, computer, etc.) or information storage or retrieval system, device, or component (i.e., both dynamic and static)


Subclass of Class 505 - Superconductor technology: apparatus, material, process
Definition: System, device, or component (i.e., both dynamic and static)
No. of patents: 29
Last issue date: 08/26/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7418283Adiabatic quantum computation with superconducting qubits
A method for quantum computing using a quantum system comprising a plurality of qubits is provided. The system can be in any one of at least two configurations at any given time including one characterized by an initialization Hamiltonian HO and one chara...
08/26/2008
7335909Superconducting phase-charge qubits
A quantum computing structure comprising a superconducting phase-charge qubit, wherein the superconducting phase-charge qubit comprises a superconducting loop with at least one Josephson junction. The quantum computing structure also comprises a first mechanism for ...
02/26/2008
7291891In-solid nuclear spin quantum calculation device
A voltage is applied across gate electrodes (103A) and (103B) in a two-dimensional electronic system (101) placed under a magnetic field, and the polarity of an electric current passed between ohmic electrodes (102D) and (102S) is ...
11/06/2007
7015499Permanent readout superconducting qubit
A solid-state quantum computing structure includes a d-wave superconductor in sets of islands that clean Josephson junctions separate from a first superconducting bank. The d-wave superconductor causes the ground state for the supercurrent at each junction to be dou...
03/21/2006
6563311Quantum computing method using magnetic flux states at a josephson junction
A solid-state quantum computing structure includes a d-wave superconductor in sets of islands that clean Josephson junctions separate from a first superconducting bank. The d-wave superconductor causes the ground state for the supercurrent at each junctio...
05/13/2003
6563310Quantum computing method using Josephson junctions between s-wave and d-wave superconductors
A solid-state quantum computing structure includes a set of islands that Josephson junctions separate from a first superconducting bank. A d-wave superconductor is on one side of the Josephson junctions (either the islands' side or the bank's side), and a...
05/13/2003
6459097Qubit using a Josephson junction between s-wave and d-wave superconductors
A solid-state quantum computing structure includes a set of islands that Josephson junctions separate from a first superconducting bank. A d-wave superconductor is on one side of the Josephson junctions (either the islands' side or the bank's side), and a...
10/01/2002
5937168Routing information within an adaptive routing architecture of an information retrieval system
After an origination module (OM) receives information, a packet is transmitted to a routing architecture (RA) for routing to a destination module (DM) designated by the router packet. The RA interprets the router packet and adaptively routes the router pa...
08/10/1999
5831278Three-terminal devices with wide Josephson junctions and asymmetric control lines
A three-terminal device constructed from a Josephson junction with one or more asymmetric control lines is disclosed. The device is constructed with high temperature superconducting materials. The junction can be a bicrystal, SNS (Superconducting-Normal-S...
11/03/1998
5568302Method of transmitting data via an optical data link
An optical data transmission system includes an optical data receiver having a plurality of optical detectors and an optical switch which directs successive pulses of a serial data stream to different detectors. The switch includes one or more superconduc...
10/22/1996
5442195Superconducting device including plural superconducting electrodes formed on a normal conductor
A superconducting device may include a superconducting weak link equipped with plural superconducting devices that are used as input-output terminals formed on the same plane and at least one current source for applying current to at least one of these su...
08/15/1995
5388068Superconductor-semiconductor hybrid memory circuits with superconducting three-terminal switching devices
Superconducting-semiconducting hybrid memories are disclosed. These superconducting-semiconducting hybrid memories utilize semiconductor circuits to store information, and either superconducting or semiconducting or combinations of superconducting and sem...
02/07/1995
5332722Nonvolatile memory element composed of combined superconductor ring and MOSFET
A novel nonvolatile memory element or cell comprising a memory means consisting of at least one superconducting ring (21, 22) and a detector means consisting of a MOSFET. The superconducting ring and the MOSFET are arranged in such a manner that a magneti...
07/26/1994
5298485Superconductive logic device
A logic circuit device includes a superconductive body formed of a ceramic superconductive material. The ceramic superconductive material has random grain boundaries which act as weak couplings. The ceramic superconductive material also has a magneto-resi...
03/29/1994
5287302Superconducting optically reconfigurable magnetic device
A superconducting optically reconfigurable device (SORD) wherein predetermined and optically achieved patterns of superconducting material generate Meissner effect magnetic flux to achieve control of physical characteristics in local areas of an adjacent ...
02/15/1994
5286710Superconductive alloys having bifurcated critical current density and method of preparation
A device having superconductive and resistive states including an element comprising a high temperature superconductive material having a first (high) state with a first (high) critical current density and having a second (low) state with a second (low) c...
02/15/1994
5270298Cubic metal oxide thin film epitaxially grown on silicon
A method of forming crystalline metal oxide thin films on silicon and the resultant structure. A crystalline buffer layer (10) of yttria-stabilized zirconia is deposited on a silicon substrate (12). A thin template layer (10) of an anisotropic perovskite ...
12/14/1993
5260264Josephson memory circuit
One or more superconducting memory cells capable of storing binary values as the presence or absence of a persisting loop current in their superconducting memory loops are connected in series by a circuit current line. This arrangement is provided with a ...
11/09/1993
5212626Electronic packaging and cooling system using superconductors for power distribution
A board containing plural superconducting power planes, one for each required potential level, is used to distribute power to one or more semiconductor logic chips which, together with the board, are immersed in liquid nitrogen. Each chip is coupled therm...
05/18/1993
5208213Variable superconducting delay line having means for independently controlling constant delay time or constant impedance
A variable superconducting delay line system and method having a high temperature superconducting trace and ground plane characterized by a variable inductance L per unit length and capacitance C per unit length, wherein the system and method permit users...
05/04/1993
5168420Ferroelectrics epitaxially grown on superconducting substrates
A ferroelectric storage element and its method of growth. A thin ferroelectric film, for example, of bismuth titanate, is epitaxially grown on a perovskite crystalline substrate of thin film that is superconductive at some temperature. For example, the th...
12/01/1992
5070070High temperature superconducting memory storage device and cryotron
Binary memory storage devices and cryotrons utilizing superconducting crystals exhibiting an onset of superconductivity and a relatively weak flux exclusion at a temperature T1 and the onset of relatively strong flux exclusion at T2, where T1>T2>77K, are ...
12/03/1991
5041880Logic device and memory device using ceramic superconducting element
A logic device includes a ceramic superconducting element having magneto-resistive characteristics, and three electrodes provided adjacent the ceramic superconducting element, and constructed in such a manner that a current is applied to one of the three ...
08/20/1991
5039655Thin film memory device having superconductor keeper for eliminating magnetic domain creep
A thin film magnetic array memory affords relatively high packing densities while avoiding the problem of magnetic domain creep through the use of thin films of superconducting material disposed on the work lines of the memory. The superconducting films s...
08/13/1991
5024993Superconducting-semiconducting circuits, devices and systems
A hybrid superconducting-semiconducting field effect transistor-like circuit element comprised of a superconducting field effect transistor and a closely associated cryogenic semiconductor inverter for providing signal gain is described. The hybrid circui...
06/18/1991
4990489Read only memory device including a superconductive electrode
A read only memory device includes a first electrode and a second electrode arranged in an overlapping relation with the first electrode so as to be geometrically in connection at an intersection therewith corresponding to a storage location for one type ...
02/05/1991
4963852Superconductor switch
A current controlled superconducting switch has a current controlling constriction such that the level of the input determines the condition of the switch. A plurality of the superconducting switches are connected to produce a logic scheme....
10/16/1990
4943556Superconducting neural network computer and sensor array
A combination of optical interconnect technology with superconducting matal to form a superconducting neural network array. Superconducting material in a matrix has the superconducting current decreased in one filament of the matrix by interaction of the...
07/24/1990
4904882Superconducting optical switch
A combination of optical interconnect technology with superconducting matal to form a superconducting neural network array. Superconducting material in a matrix has the superconducting current decreased in one filament of the matrix by interaction of the...
02/27/1990
 
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